Dolichospermum | |
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Dolichospermum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Bacillati |
Clade: | "Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria clade" |
Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
Class: | Cyanophyceae |
Order: | Nostocales |
Family: | Aphanizomenonaceae |
Genus: | Dolichospermum (Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault) P.Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & J.Komárek, 2009 |
Dolichospermum is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Nostocaceae. [1] It was created by splitting from Anabaena using molecular evidence. It is paraphyletic as the author intends: the genera Aphanizomenon and Cuspidothrix , though cladistically included, have "distinct and unique" morphological features that set them apart. [2]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. [1]