Lyngbya
Lyngbya is a genus of cyanobacteria, unicellular autotrophs that form the basis of the oceanic food chain.
As a result of recent genetic analyses, several new genera were erected from this genus: e.g., Moorea, Limnoraphis, Okeania, Microseira, and Dapis.
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lyngbya majuscula
speciesLyngbya majuscula
Lyngbya aestuarii
speciesLyngbya aestuarii
Lyngbya lutea
speciesLyngbya lutea
Lyngbya confervoides
speciesLyngbya confervoides
Lyngbya semiplena
speciesLyngbya semiplena
Lyngbya anomala
speciesLyngbya anomala
Lyngbya agardhii
speciesLyngbya agardhii
Lyngbya spirulinoides
speciesLyngbya spirulinoides
Lyngbya crassa
speciesLyngbya crassa
Lyngbya muscicola
speciesLyngbya muscicola
Lyngbya coactilis
speciesLyngbya coactilis
Lyngbya borgertii
speciesLyngbya borgertii
Lyngbya truncicola
speciesLyngbya truncicola
Lyngbya taylorii
speciesLyngbya taylorii
Lyngbya spiralis
speciesLyngbya spiralis
Lyngbya palmarum
speciesLyngbya palmarum
Lyngbya nigra
speciesLyngbya nigra
Lyngbya major
speciesLyngbya major
Lyngbya cryptovaginata
speciesLyngbya cryptovaginata
Lyngbya laxespiralis
speciesLyngbya laxespiralis
Lyngbya nordgaardii
speciesLyngbya nordgaardii
Lyngbya punctalis
speciesLyngbya punctalis
Lyngbya connectens
speciesLyngbya connectens
Lyngbya natans
speciesLyngbya natans
Lyngbya patrickiana
speciesLyngbya patrickiana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Lyngbya in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 208556.