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Check-list for Caspian Sea phytoplankton

by Rinat Gogorev

 

 

Family

Species

Year and Author of Description

Origin (ecology)

Relative magnitude (geography)

Status (last found)

Distribution areas

Date of the last study done (for endangered species)

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Division Cyanophyta / Cyanoprokariota / Cyanobacteria

Order Chroococcales

1.

Synechococcaceae

Aphanothece clathrata

W. et G.S. West 1906

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate zones, cosmopolite

Single-rare

North, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1996. Rakhmatulina

2.

 

A. elabens (=A. elabens f. minor (Nyg.) Elenk.)

(Brébisson) Elenkin 1838

Freshwater

Widespread in tropical zone

Rare

North, Middle Caspian, Volga river area

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

3.

 

A. microscopica

Nägeli 1849

Freshwater, benthic

Widespread in temperate zones

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

4.

 

A. stagnina

(Spreng.) A. Braun 1863

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread in temperate zones

Common

North Caspian, Volga river area

1997. Rakhmatulina

5.

 

Rhabdogloea planctonica (=Dactylococcopsis planctonica Teiling)

(Teiling) Komarék 1983

Freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1977. Rakhmatulina

6.

 

R. smithii (=D. raphidioides Hansgirg)

(R. et F. Chodat) Komarék 1983

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread in temperate zone

Rare

North Caspian, Volga river estuary and lower part

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

7.

 

Cyanothece aeruginosa (=Synechococcus aeruginosus Näg.)

(Nägeli) Komarék 1976

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

8.

Merismopediaceae (=Gomphosphaeriaceae, =Coelosphaeriaceae)

Synechocystis salina

Wislouch 1924

Brackish

Limited, diverse

Rare

North Caspian, Volga river area

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

9.

 

Aphanocapsa delicatissima (=Microcystis pulverea f. delicatula (W. et G.S.West) Elenk.)

W. et G.S.West 1912

Brackish-freshwater

 

Rare

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

10.

 

A. grevillei (=M. grevillei (Berk.) Elenkin)

(Berkeley) Rabenhorst 1865

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate zones

Very rare

North, South Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

11.

 

A. holsatica (=M. pulverea f. holsatica (Lemm.) Elenk.)

(Lemmermann) Cronberg et Komarék 1994

Brackish-freshwater

 

Very rare

North Caspian, Volga river area

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

12.

 

A. incerta (=M. pulverea f. incerta (Lemm.) Elenkin)

(Lemmermann) Cronberg et Komarék 1994

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare-common

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

13.

 

A. parasitica (=M. pulverea f. parasitica (Êütz.) Elenk.)

(Êützing) Komárek et Anagnostidis 1995

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

14.

 

Merismopedia convoluta (=Pseudoholopedia convoluta (Bréb.) Elenkin)

Brébisson 1849

Brackish-freshwater

Mainly in tropical zone, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

15.

 

M. elegans

A. Braun 1849

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Iran

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

16.

 

M. glauca (=M. glauca f. mediterranea (Näg.) Collins

(Ehrenberg) Êützing 1845

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North, South, Middle Caspian, Lower Volga

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

17.

 

M. insignis (=M. glauca f. insignis (Schkorb.) Geitl.)

Škorbatov 1923

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate zones

Not very common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

18.

 

M. minima

G. Beck 1897

Subaerophytic, freshwater-brackish

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

19.

 

M. punctata

Meyen 1839

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread in tropical zone, cosmopolite

Often

North, South, Middle Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

20.

 

Merismopedia tenuissima

Lemmermann 1898

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread in Europe, cosmopolite

Common

North, South, Middle Caspian, Lower Volga

2000. Rakhmatulina

21.

 

M. warmingiana (=M. minima Beck)

Lagerheim 1883

Brackish-freshwater

Rare , cosmopolite (?)

Single

North, South Caspian, Iran

2000. Rakhmatulina

22.

 

Coelosphaerium kuetzingianum f. kuetzingianum

Nägeli 1849

Freshwater

Widespread in tropical zone, cosmopolite (?)

Single-often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

   

C. kuetzingianum f. aerugineum

(Lemmermann) Elenkin et Voronichin

   

Very rare

North Caspian, Volga river area

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

23.

 

Coelomoron pusillum (=Coelosphaerium pusillum Van Goor)

(Van Goor) Komarék 1988

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate and tropical(?) zones

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

24.

 

Microcrocis irregularis (=Holopedia irregularis Lagerh.)

(Lagerheim) Geitler 1942

     

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

25.

 

Snowella lacustris (=Gomphosphaeria lacustris Chodat, = G. lacustris f. compacta (Lemm.) Elenk.?)

(Chodat) Komarék et Hindák 1988

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare-often, dominant

North, Middle, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

26.

 

S. rosea

(Snow) Elenkin 1938

Freshwater

In North America

Rare

North, South Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

27.

 

Gomphosphaeria aponina f. aponina

Êützing 1836

Ubiquist

Widespread in temperate and subtropic zones

Common

North, South, Middle Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

   

G. aponina f. cordiformis

(Wolle) Elenkin

   

Very rare-often

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

28.

 

G. virieuxix (=G. aponina f. delicatula (Vir.) Elenk.)

Komarék et Hindák 1988

   

Rare-often

North Caspian, Volga river area

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

29.

Microcystaceae

Microcystis aeruginosa

(Êützing) Êützing 1846

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North, South Caspian, Lower Volga

2000. Rakhmatulina

30.

 

Microcystis flos-aquae (=M. aeruginosa f. flosaquae (Wittr.) Elenkin)

(Wittr.) Kirchner 1898

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

North Caspian

2000. Rakhmatulin

31.

 

M. ichthyoblade

Êützing 1843

Freshwater

Widespread in northern temperate zone

Single species

North, South Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

32.

 

M. novacekii (=M. marginata Kütz.)

(Komarék) Compère 1974

Freshwater

Common in tropical zone

Rare

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

33.

 

M. pulverea

(Wood) Forti 1907

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Common

North, Middle, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

34.

 

M. wesenbergii

(Komarék) Komarék 1968

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Rare-very often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

35.

Chroococcaceae (=Gloeocapsaceae)

Chroococcus limneticus (=Gloeocapsa limnetica (Lemm.) Hollerbah)

Lemmermann 1898

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Very rare-often

North, Middle, South Caspian, Volga river area

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

36

 

C. minimus (=G. minima (Keissl.) Hollerb., = G. minima f. smithii Hollerb.?)

(Keissler) Lemmermann 1904

Brackish-freshwater

Diverse restrictedly in temperate zones

Very rare-common

North, South Caspian, Volga river area

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

37.

 

C. minutus (=G. minuta (Êütz.) Hollerbah)

(Êützing) Nägeli 1849

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread in temperate zones, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

38.

 

C. turgidus (=G. turgida (Êütz.) Hollerbah)

(Êützing) Nägeli 1849

Ubiquist, freshwater-brackish

Common in temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

39.

 

Gloeocapsa alpina

(Nägeli) Brand 1900

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

40.

 

G. cohaerens

(Brébisson) Hollerbah 1938

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North, South Caspian, Volga river area

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

41.

 

G. compacta

Êützing 1845

     

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

42.

 

G. minor f. minor (=G. minor f. dispersa (Keissl.) Hollerb.)

(Êützing) Hollerbah 1938

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Very rare-often

North, South Caspian, Volga river area

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

   

Gloeocapsa minor f. glomerata

Fremy

Freshwater

   

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

43.

 

G. punctata

Nägeli 1849

Brackish

   

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

44.

 

 Gleocapsopsis crepidinum (=Gloeocapsa crepidinum (Thur.) Thur.)

(Thuret) Geitler ex Komárek 1993

Brackish

   

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

45.

 

G. magma (=G. magma (Bréb.) Êütz. emend. Hollerb.)

(Brébisson) Komárek et Anagnostidis 1986

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

46.

 

Gloeothece palea

(Êützing) Rabenhorst 1865

   

Very rare

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

47.

Tubiellaceae

Johannesbaptistia pellucida f. pellucida

(Dickie) Taylor et Drouet 1938

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread

Rare

North, South Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

   

J. pellucida f. anabaeniformis

I. Kisselev

Freshwater -brackish

   

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

   

J. pellucida f. caspica

I. Kisselev

Freshwater -brackish

   

North Caspian

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

48

Hyellaceae (=Pleurocapsaceae)

Pleurocapsalis rivularis

Kützing

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate zone

   

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Oscillatoriales

49.

Pseudanabenaceae

Pseudanabaena limnetica (=Oscillatoria limnetica Lemm.)

(Lemmermann) Komárek 1974

Freshwater

In temperate and tropic zones, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

50.

 

P. mucicola (=Phormidium mucicola Hub.-Pest. et Naumann)

(Huber-Pestalozzi et Naumann 1929)

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

51.

 

Limnothrix planctonica (=Oscillatoria planctonica Wołoszyńska)

(Wołoszyńska) Meffert 1988

Freshwater

In stagnant and flowing waters of temperate zones

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

52.

 

L. redekei (=O. redekei Van Goor)

(Van Goor) Meffert 1988

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate zones

Numerous

Middle, South Caspian

Azerbaijan

53.

 

Jaaginema geminatum (=Oscillatoria geminata Meneghin ex Gomont)

(Meneghin ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Thermophi lic, brackish-watery

Cosmopolite (?)

Rare

South Caspian, Azerbaijan, Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

54.

 

J. kisselevii (=O. kisselevii Anissimova)

(Anissimova) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Brackish

Often seen

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

55.

 

J. pseudogeminatum (=O. pseudogeminata Schmid)

(Schmid) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Subaeroph ytic, freshwater

In ponds and ditches of temperate and tropic zones

Rare

North, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

56.

 

Planktolyngbya contorta (=Lyngbya contorta Lemm.)

(Lemmermann) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

57.

 

P. limnetica (=L. limnetica Lemm.)

(Lemmermann) Komárkova-Legnerová et Cronberg 1992

Ubiquist, freshwater

Cosmopolite (?), in temperate zones

Widespre ad over the Sea

North, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

58.

 

Leptolyngbya angustissima (=Phormidium angustissimum W. et G.S. West)

(W. et G.S. West) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater

Widespread in tropic and subtropic zones

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

59.

 

L. fragilis (=P. fragile (Menegh.) Gom.)

(Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater -brackish

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

60.

 

L. lagerheimii (=Lyngbya lagerheimii Gomont)

(Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater

Often, widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

South Caspian

 

61.

 

L. perelegans (=Lyngbya perelegans Lemm.)

(Lemmermann) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater -brakish

Rare, in tropic zone

Single species, small numbers

South Caspian

 

62.

 

L. valderiana (=Phormidium valderiae (Depl.) Schmidle)

(Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

Middle Caspian

 

63.

Schizothrichaceae

Schizothrix lenormandiana

Gomont

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate zones

Rare, single species

South Caspian

 

64.

 

Trichocoleus tenerrimus (=Microcoleus tenerrimus Gomont)

(Gomont) Anagnostidis 2001

Brackish-marine

Widespread in temperate and tropic zones

Common

South Caspian

 

65.

Phormidiaceae

Microcoleus chthonoplastes

Thuret ex Gomont 1892

Marine-brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

South Caspian

 

66.

 

M. subtorulosus

Gomont ex Gomont 1892

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate and tropic zones

Single species

Middle Caspian

 

67.

 

Geitlerinema amphibium (=Oscillatoria amphibia Agardh ex Gomont)

(Agardh ex Gomont) Anagnostidis 1989

Freshwater -brackish

Cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

68.

 

Planktothrix agardhii (=Oscillatoria agardhii Gomont)

(Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate zones, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

South Caspian, Azerbaijan, Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

69.

 

Trichodesmium lacustre (=Oscillatoria lacustris (Kleb.) Geitl)

Klebahn 1895

Freshwater -brackish

In temperate and tropic zones

Often

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

70.

 

Phormidium ambiguum

Gomont ex Gomont 1892

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?), in tropic and temperate zones

Often

Middle, South Caspian

 

71.

 

P. amoenum (=Oscillatoria amoena Êützing ex Gomont)

Êützing ex Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate and tropic zones

Single species

South Caspian

Azerbaijan

72.

 

P. beggiatoiforme (=O. beggiatoiformis Gomont)

(Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater

Cold waters of Europe and USA

Single species

Middle Caspian

Azerbaijan

73.

 

P. boryanum (=O. boryana Bory ex Gomont)

(Bory ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Brackish-watery

Europe, USA, Central America

Single species

Middle Caspian

Azerbaijan

74.

 

P. breve (=O. brevis Êützing ex Gomont)

(Êützing ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Single species

North, South Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

75.

 

P. chalybeum (=O. chalybea Mertens ex Gomont)

(Mertens ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North, South Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

76.

 

Phormidium formosum (=O. formosa Bory ex Gomont)

(Bory ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Brackish-watery

Widespread

Single species

South Caspian

Azerbaijan

77.

 

P. irriquum (=O. irriqua Êützing ex Gomont)

(Êützing ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater

In stagnant and flowing waters

Rare

North, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

78.

 

P. laetevirens (=O. laetevirens Crouan ex Gomont)

(Crouan ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Marine-brackish

In Europe

Rare

South Caspian

Azerbaijan

79.

 

P. molle

(Kützing) Gomont 1892

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

Middle Caspian, Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

80.

 

P. okenii (=O. okenii Agardh ex Gomont)

(Agardh ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North, South Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

81.

 

P. papuraceum

Gomont ex Gomont 1892

Subaerophi tic, freshwater-brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

Middle, South Caspian

 

82.

 

P. pavlovskoense

Elenkin 1949

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

83.

 

P. tenue (=P. tenue (Menegh.) Gom.)

(Agardh ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

84.

 

Porphyrosiphon lutea (=Lyngbya lutea Gomont)

(Gomont ex Gomont) Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Marine-brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

South Caspian

 

85.

 

Spirulina labyrinthiformis

Êützing ex Gomont 1892

Brackish-watery, marine (?)

Cosmopolite (?), in temperate and tropic zones

Rare, small numbers

Middle, South Caspian

 

86.

 

S. laxissima

G.S. West 1907

Freshwater

Rare

Single species

North Caspian, Iran

1971. Levshakova

87.

 

S. major

Êützing ex Gomont 1892

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare, single species

Middle Caspian

 

88.

 

Spirulina meneghiniana

Zanardini ex Gomont 1892

Marine

Cosmopolite

Single species

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

89.

 

S. subsalsa (=S. tenuissima Êütz.)

Oersted ex Gomont 1892

Marine-brackish

Cosmopolite

Rare

Middle, South Caspian

Azerbaijan

90.

 

S. subtillissina

Êützing ex Gomont 1892

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare, small numbers

Middle, South Caspian

 

91.

 

Arthrospira platensis (=Spirulina platensis (Nordstedt) Geitl.)

(Nordstedt) Gomont 1892

Freshwater

In South America

Rare

Middle, South Caspian

Azerbaijan

92.

Oscillatoriaceae

Oscillatoria anguina

Bory ex Gomont 1892

Freshwater

Often seen, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

93

 

O. coerulescens

Gicklh.

 

In temperate zone

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

94.

 

O. corallinae

Êützing ex Gomont

Marine-brackish

In northern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

South Caspian

Azerbaijan

95.

 

O. curviceps

Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Freshwater

Common in north temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

96.

 

O. limosa

Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North, South Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

97.

 

O. lloydiana

Gomont 1899

Brackish-watery

 

Single species

South Caspian

Azerbaijan

98.

 

O. margaritifera

Êützing ex Gomont 1892

Marine-brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North, Middle, South Caspian

1998 Rakhmatulina

99.

 

O. princeps

Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Brackish-watery

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

100.

 

O. putrida

Schmidle 1901

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

101.

 

O. rupicola

Hansgirg

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

102.

 

O. sancta

Êützing ex Gomont 1892

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North, South Caspian

 

103.

 

O. setigera

Aptekar

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

104.

 

O. simplicissima

Gomont

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

105.

 

Oscillatoria tenuis

Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

Single species

North, South Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

106.

 

Lyngbya aestuarii

(Mert.) Liebman ex Gomont 1892

Marine-brackish

Widespread

Rare

North, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

107.

 

L. confervoides

Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Marine- brackish

Rare, widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

South Caspian

 

108.

 

L. majuscula

Harvey ex Gomont 1892

Marine

Widespread in tropic zone

Rare

Middle Caspian

 

109.

 

L. martensiana

Meneghin ex Gomont 1892

Freshwater -brackish

Often, cosmopolite (?)

 

Middle, South Caspian

 

110.

 

L. semiplena

Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Marine

Widespread, cosmopolite

 

South Caspian

 

111.

Homoeotrichaceae

Heteroleiblenia kuetzingii (=Lyngbya kuetzingii Schmidle)

(Schmidle) Compère 1985

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

Middle, South Caspian, Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Nostocales

112.

Scytonemataceae

Scytonema crispum

(Agardh) Bornet 1889

Freshwater

   

South Caspian

 

113.

Microchaetaceae

Tolypothrix distorta f. penicillata

(Agardh) Êossinsk. 1938

Freshwater

Limited distribution

Common

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

114.

Rivulariaceae

Ñalothrix scopulorum

(Weber et Mohr) Agardh ex Bornet et Flahault 1886

Marine-brackish

Cosmopolite

 

South Caspian

 

115.

 

Rivularia atra

Roth ex Bornet et Flahault 1886

Marine-brackish

Widespread in temperate zones

 

Middle, South Caspian

 

116.

 

R. planctonica

Elenkin 1921

Marine-brackish

Limited distribution

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

117.

Nostocaceae (=Anabaenaceae, =Aphanizomenonaceae =Nodulariaceae)

Anabaena abnormis

Proshkina-Lavrenko 1961

Brackish-freshwater

 

Very rare

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

118.

 

A. affinis

Lemmermann

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

119.

 

Anabaena attenuata

I. Kisselev 1940

Freshwater

 

Single species

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

120.

 

A. bergii

Ostenfeld 1908

Brackish-watery

Cosmopolite (?)

Rare

Middle, South Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

121.

 

A. constricta

(Szaf.) Geitler 1925

Freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

122.

 

A. contorta

Bachmann 1921

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

123.

 

A. flos-aquae

(Lyngbye) Brébisson ex Bornet et Flahault 1886

Freshwater

Widespread

Single species

North Caspian

1997 Rakhmatulina

124.

 

A. hassalii

(Kützing) Wittrock

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

125.

 

A. kisselevii

Proshkina-Lavrenko 1961

Brackish-watery

Rare

Often

North, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

126.

 

A. oscillarioides

Bory ex Bornet et Flahault 1886

Freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

127.

 

A. planctonica

Brunth.

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

128.

 

A. reniformis

Lemmermann emend. Aptekar 1927

Brackish-freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

Single species, rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

129.

 

A. scheremetievi

Elenkin

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

130.

 

A. sigmoideae

Nygaard 1949

Brackish

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

131.

 

A. spiroides

Klebahn 1895

 

Widespread

Single species

North, Middle Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

132.

 

A. subcylindrica

Borge 1921

Freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

133

 

A. viguieri

Denis et Fremy

Freshwater

In temperate zone

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

134.

 

Anabaenopsis arnoldii (=Anabaena caspica Ostf., =A. knipowitschii Ussatsch.)

Aptekar 1926

Brackish-freshwater

Rare

Rare-single

North Caspian, Iran

1971. Levshakova

135.

 

A. circularis f. circinalis (=Anabaena circularis (Kütz.) Hansg.)

Kützing

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

136.

 

Anabaenopsis circularis f. tanganyikae

       

Middle, South Caspian

1970. Babayev

137.

 

A. cunningtonii

R. Taylor 1932

Brackish-freshwater

 

Common

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

138.

 

A. elenkinii

V. Miller 1923

Brackish-freshwater

Spread over limited territory

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

139.

 

A. nadsonii

Woronichin 1929

Brackish- watery

Rare

Numerous

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

140.

 

A. tanganyikae

(G.S. West) V. Miller 1923

Brackish-freshwater

 

Rare

North Caspian

1996 Rakhmatulina

141.

 

Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides (=Anabaena aphanizomenoides Forti)

(Forti) Horec. Komárek 1979

Brackish-freshwater

 

Very rare

North Caspian, Iran

1971. Levshakova

142.

 

A. flos-aquae

Ralfs ex Bornet et Flahault 1886

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Widespre ad

North, Middle Caspian, Lower Volga

2000. Rakhmatulina

143.

 

A. issatschenkoi

(Ussatschev) Proshkina-Lavrenko

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

144.

 

A. ussaczevii

Proshkina-Lavrenko 1963

Brackish-freshwater

Rare

Limited

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

145.

 

Cylindrospermus raciborskii (=Anabaenopsis raciborskii Wołosz.)

(Wołoszyńska) Seenayya et Subba Raju 1972

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread, in subtropical zone

Rare, single species

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

146.

 

Nodularia harveyana

(Thwaites) Thuret ex Bornet et Flahault 1886

Brackish-watery

Widespread

Often

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

147.

 

N. spumigena

Mertens ex Bornet et Flahault 1886

Ubiquist

Widespread

Common

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

Division Chrysophyta

Class Chrysomonadophyceae

Order Chromulinadales

148.

Chromulinaceae

Chromulina freiburgensis

Dofl.

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

Common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

149.

 

Chromulina. vagans

Pascher

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

150.

Chrysococcaceae

Chrysococcus rufescens

Klebs

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

151.

 

Kephyrion moniliferum

(Schmid) Bourrelly

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

152.

 

K. rubri-claustri

Conrad

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Ochromonadales

153.

Ochromonadaceae

Ochromonas sp.

       

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

154.

Dynobryonaceae
(=Lepochromo nadaceae)

Dinobryon balticum (=D. pellucidum)

(Schütt) Lemmermann 1900

Marine

Rare

Rare

North, Middle, South Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

155.

 

D. bavaricum

Imhof

Freshwater

Widespread

Not rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

156.

 

D. cylindricum

Imhof

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Not rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

157.

 

D. divergens var. divergens

Imhof

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

D. divergens var. angulatum

(Sel.) Brunth.

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

158.

 

D. elegantissimum

(Korschikoff) Bourrelly

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

159.

 

D. sertularia

Ehrenberg 1835

Freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

160.

 

D. sociale var. sociale

Ehrenberg

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

D. sociale var. stipitatum

(Stein) Lemmermann

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

161.

 

Pseudokephyrion schilleri

(Schiller) Conrad

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

Not rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

162.

 

Mallomonas denticulata

Matv.

Freshwater

In Europe

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

163.

 

M. producta

Iwan.

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

164.

 

M. tonsurata var. tonsurata

Teiling

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Not rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

M. tonsurata var. alpina

(Pascher et Ruttn.) Krieger

Freshwater

In temperate zone

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

165.

Synuraceae

Synura uvella

Ehrenberg emend. Korschikoff

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Division Bacillariophyta

Class Centrophyceae

Order Thalassiosirales

166.

Thalassiosiraceae

Thalassiosira affinis

Makarova 1961

Brackish-watery

Caspian endemic

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

167.

 

T. baltica (=T. subsalina Pr.-Lavr.)

(Grunow) Ostenfeld 1901

Brackish-watery

Endemic of russian southern seas

Very rare

North, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

168.

 

T. bramaputrae var. bramaputrae (=Coscinodiscus lacustris Grun.)

(Ehrenberg) Håkansson et Locker 1981

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Often

North, South Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

   

T. bramaputrae var. proximus (=C. proximus Makar.)

(Makarova) Makarova 1988

Brackish-watery

Caspian endemic

Very rare

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

169.

 

T. caspica

Makarova 1959

Brackish-watery

Caspian endemic

Rare

North, South, Middle Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

170.

 

T. coronifera

(Proshkina-Lavrenko) Proshkina-Lavrenko 1960

Brackish-watery

Endemic of russian southern seas

All over the Sea

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

171.

 

T. decipiens

(Grunow) Joergensen

Brackish-watery

In northern temperate zone

Single species

Middle, South Caspian

 

172.

 

T. guillardii

Hasle 1978

Brackish-watery

In temperate zone

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

173.

 

T. incerta

Makarova 1961

Brackish- watery

In northern temperate zone

Often

North, South Caspian

2000. Rakhmatulina

174.

 

T. parva

Proshkina-Lavrenko 1955

Brackish-watery

Endemic of russian southern seas

Single species

Middle Caspian

Azerbaijan

175.

 

T. variabilis

Makarova 1959

Brackish-watery

Caspian and Azov endemic

Rare

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

176.

 

T. weissflogii (=T. hustedtii var. vana Makar. et Pr.-Lavr.)

(Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 1979

Freshwater -brackish

In temperate and subtropic zones

Very often

North, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

177.

Skeletonemataceae

Skeletonema costatum

(Gleville) Cleve 1878

Marine

Widespread

Often

North, South, Middle Caspian

1996. Rakhmatulina

178.

 

S. cylindraceum

Makarova et Proshkina-Lavrenko 1964

Brackish-watery

Caspian endemic

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

179.

 

S. subsalsum

(Cleve-Euler) Bethge 1928

Freshwater -brackish

In temperate zone

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

180.

Stephanodiscaceae

Stephanodiscus agassizensis

Håkansson et Kling 1989

Freshwater

In temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

181.

 

S. astraea

(Ehrenberg) Grunow 1880

Brackish-freshwater

Cosmopolite

Single species

North, South, Middle Caspian

1996. Rakhmatulina

182.

 

S. binderanus

(Êützing) Krieger 1927

Freshwater

Limited

Single species

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

183.

 

S. delicatulus

Genkal 1985

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

184.

 

S. hantzschii

Grunow 1880

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

185.

 

S. invisitatus (=S. socialis Makar. et Pr.-Lavr.; =Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hell.) Ther., Stoerm. et Hak.)

Hohn et Hellerman 1963

Brackish-watery

In subarctic and temperate zones, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

186.

 

S. makarovae

Genkal 1978

Freshwater

In northern hemisphere

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

187.

 

S. triporus var. triporus

Genkal et Kuzmin 1978

Freshwater

In temperate zone of Eurasia

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

S. triporus var. volgensis

Genkal

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

188.

 

Cyclotella atomus

Hustedt 1937

Freshwater -brackish

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

189.

 

C. caspia

Grunow 1878

Marine-brackish

Caspian endemic

Througho ut year

North, South, Middle Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

190.

 

C. meduanae

Germain 1981

Freshwater

-

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

191.

 

C. melosiroides

(Kirchner) Lemmermann 1900

Freshwater

In temperate zone

Common, rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

192.

 

C. meneghiniana

Êützing 1844

Freshwater -brackish

Cosmopolite

Often

North, South Caspian

2000. Rakhmatulina

193.

 

Cyclotella planctonica

Brunnthaler 1901

Freshwater

Limited distribution, in Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

194.

 

C. quadrijuncta

(Schröter) von Keissler 1910

Freshwater

Limited distribution, in Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

195.

 

C. radiosa (=C. comta (Ehr.) Êütz.)

(Grunow) Lemmermann 1900

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1996. Rakhmatulina

196.

 

C. stelligera

Cleve et Grunow 1882

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Single species

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Melosirales

197.

Melosiraceae

Melosira juergensii

Agardh 1824

Marine-brackish

Widespread

Single species

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

198.

 

M. moniliformis

(O. Müller) Agardh 1824

Marine-brackish

Widespread

Rare

Middle, South Caspian

1970. Babayev

199.

 

M. varians

Agardh 1817

Brackish-freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

North, Middle, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Aulacoseirales

200.

Aulacoseiraceae

Aulacoseira ambigua

(Grunow) Simonsen 1979

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

201.

 

A. distans (=Melosira distans (Ehr.) Êütz.)

(Ehrenberg) Simonsen 1979

Freshwater

Widespread

 

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

202.

 

A. granulata (=M. granulata (Ehr.) Ralfs)

(Ehrenberg) Simonsen 1979

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Common

North, Middle, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

203.

 

A. islandica (=M. islandica Müll.)

(O. Müller) Simonsen 1979

Freshwater

Widespread in northern temperate zone

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

204.

 

A. italica (=M. italica (Ehr.) Êütz.)

(Ehrenberg) Simonsen 1979

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

Order Coscinodiscales

205.

Hyalodiscaceae

Hyalodiscus sphaerophorus

Makarova 1961

Brackish-watery

Caspian endemic

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

206.

 

Podosira parvula

Makarova et Proshkina-Lavrenko 1964

Brackish-watery

Caspian endemic

Single species

North, South Caspian

1996. Rakhmatulina

207.

Coscinodiscaceae

Coscinodiscus gigas

Ehrenberg 1841

Marine

Widespread in temperate and subtropic zones

Small numbers

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

208.

 

C. granii

Gough 1905

Marine-brackish

Widespread in northern hemisphere

Througho ut year

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

209.

 

C. jonesianus

(Greville) Ostenfeld 1915

Marine-brackish

Widespread in northern temperate and tropic zones

Often

North, South, Middle Caspian

2000. Rakhmatulina

210.

 

C. perforatus

Ehrenberg 1844

Marine

Widespread

Single species

North, South, Middle Caspian

1996. Rakhmatulina

211.

 

C. radiatus

Ehrenberg 1841

Marine

Known for the Tertiary period, cosmopolite

Rare

North, South, Middle Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

212.

Hemidiscasceae (=Eupodiscaceae)

Actinocyclus ehrenbergii

Ralfs 1861

Marine

Widespread

 

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

213.

 

A. normanii

(Gregory ex Greville) Hustedt 1957

Brackish-watery

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

214.

 

A. paradoxus

Makarova 1959

Brackish-watery

Caspian endemic

Rare

North, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

Order Chaetocerotales

215.

Chaetocerotaceae

Chaetoceros abnormis var. simplex (=C. subtilis var. abnormis f. simplex Pr.-Lavr.)

(Proshkina-Lavrenko) Gogorev

Brackish-watery

Endemic of russian southern seas (?)

 

Middle Caspian

1970. Babayev

216.

 

C. affinis var. willei

(Gran) Hustedt 1930

Marine-brackish

 

Single species

Middle, South Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

217.

 

C. ceratosporus

Ostenfeld 1910

Brackish-marine

   

North, South, Middle Caspian

 

218.

 

C. diversicurvatus

Van Goor 1924 emend. Proshkina-Lavrenko et Makarova 1968

Brackish-watery

In Caspian and north seas

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

219.

 

Chaetoceros laciniosus

Schütt 1895

Marine

Widespread

Rare

North, South, Middle Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

220.

 

C. minutissimus

Makarova et Proshkina-Lavrenko 1964

Brackish-watery

Caspian and Azov endemic

Single species

Middle Caspian

1970. Babayev

221.

 

C. mirabilis

Makarova 1959

Brackish-watery

Caspian endemic

Very often

North, Middle Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

222.

 

C. muelleri

Lemmermann 1898

Brackish- watery

Widespread

Rare

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

223.

 

C. neogracilis

Schütt 1895

Brackish- watery

Widespread, cosmopolite

Single species

North, Middle Caspian

1968. Proshkina­ Lavrenko, Makarova

224.

 

C. paulsenii

Ostenfeld 1901 emend. Proshkina-Lavrenko 1953

Brackish-watery

In northern temperate zone

During vegetation period

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

225.

 

C. peruvianus

Brightwell 1856

Marine-brackish

Cosmopolite (?)

 

North, Middle Caspian

2005. Fushtei

226.

 

C. rigidus

Ostenfeld 1901

Brackish-watery

Endemic of russian southern seas

Widespre ad

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

227.

 

C. seiracanthus

Gran 1897

Marine-brackish

In seas of moderate warm latitudes

Widespre ad

North, South, Middle Caspian

1970. Babayev

228.

 

C. similis

Cleve 1896

Brackish-watery

In northern temperate zone

     

229.

 

C. simplex

Ostenfeld 1901

Brackish-marine

Widespread

Througho ut year

Norht, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

230.

 

C. socialis f. socialis

Lauder 1864

Brackish- marine

Widespread

Often

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

231.

 

C. subtilis f. subtilis

Cleve 1896

Brackish- watery

Widespread

Often

North, South, Middle Caspian

1996. Rakhmatulina

   

C. subtilis f. knipowitschii

(A. Henckel) Proshkina-Lavrenko 1961

Brackish-watery

   

North, South, Middle Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

232.

 

C. tenuissimus (=C. simplex var. calcitrans Pauls.)

Meunier 1913

Brackish-marine

In arctic and northern temperate zones

Rare

North, Middle Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

233.

 

Chaetoceros turbineus

Makarova et Proshkina-Lavrenko 1964

Brackish-watery

Caspian endemic

Rare

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

234.

 

C. wighamii

Brightwell 1856

Brackish-marine

Widespread

Througho ut year

North, South, Middle Caspian

2000 Rakhmatulina

235.

Acanthocerataceae

Acanthoceras zachariasii

(Brun) Simonsen 1979

Freshwater

Widespread in northern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Biddulphiales

236.

Biddulphiaceae

Biddulphia mobiliensis

Bailey

 Brackish-watery

 

Single species

South Caspian

 

Order Rhizosoleniales (=Soleniales)

237.

Rhizosoleniaceae (=Soleniaceae)

Rhizosolenia calcar-avis

Ì. Schultze 1858

Marine-brackish

Widespread

Througho ut year

North, South, Middle Caspian

2000. Rakhmatulina

238.

 

R. fragilissima

Bergon 1903

Marine-brackish

Widespread

Througho ut year

North, South, Middle Caspian

1996. Rakhmatulina

239.

 

Proboscia alata (=R. alata Brightw.)

(Brightwell) Sündström 1986

Marine-brackish

Widespread

Simgle

Middle Caspian

1970. Babayev

Class Pennatophyceae

Order Fragilariales (=Araphales)

240.

Fragilariaceae

Fragilaria brevistriata

Grunow 1885

Brackish-freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

 

 2003. Phytoplankton...

241.

 

F. capucina var. capucina

Desmazieres 1925

Brackish-freshwater

Cosmopolite

Numerous

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

   

F. capucina var. vaucheria

(Êützing) Lange­ Bertalot 1980

-

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

242.

 

F. construens var. subsalina

Hustedt 1925

Brackish-watery

Cosmopolite, in northern temperate zone

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

243.

 

F. crotonensis

Kitton 1869

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Numerous

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

244.

 

F. hungarica var. genuina

(Pantocek) Cleve- Euler

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

245.

 

Fragilaria pinnata

Ehrenberg 1843

Brackish-freshwater

Cosmopolite

Rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

246.

 

F. subsalina (=F. virescens var. subsalina Grun.)

(Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 1991

Brackish-watery

In northern temperate zone

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

247.

 

F. virescens var. virescens

Ralfs 1843

Freshwater

Cosmopolite, in northern temperate zone

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

248.

 

Synedra acus var. acus (=Fragillaria acus (Êütz.) Lange-Bertalot

Êützing 1844

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

249.

 

S. acus var. angustissima

Grunow

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

S. acus var. radians

(Êützing) Hustedt

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

250.

 

S. amphicephala (=F. capucina var. amphicephala (Grun.) Lange-Bertalot)

Êützing 1844

Brackish-freshwater

Among biofouling

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

251.

 

S. capitata (=S. dilatata (Bréb.) Lange-Bertalot)

Ehrenberg 1836

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

252.

 

S. pulchella

(Ralfs) Êützing 1844

Marine-brackish

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

253.

 

S. tabulata var. tabulata (=Tabularia tabulata (Ag.) Snoeijs)

(Agardh) Êützing 1844

Marine

Cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

   

S. tabulata var. parva

(Êützing) Grunow

Marine-brackish

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

254.

 

S. ulna var. ulna (=Fragillaria ulna (Nitzsch) Lange-Bertalot)

(Nitzsch) Ehrenberg 1832

Brackish-freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

   

S. ulna var. aegualis

(Êützing) Hustedt

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

S. ulna var. amphirhynchus

(Ehrenberg) Grunow

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

   

2003. Phytoplankton...

255.

 

Martyana martyi (=Opephora martyi Hérib.)

(Héribaud) Round 1990

Freshwater

In coastal areas with stagnant and flowing waters

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

256.

 

Asterionella formosa (=A. gracillima (Hantzsch) Heiberg)

Hassall 1850

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often, numerous

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

257.

Diatomaceae

Diatoma hyemalis

(Roth) Heiberg 1863

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

258.

 

D. tenuis (=D. elongatum (Lyngb.) Ag.)

Agardh 1812

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, in northern temperate zone

Rare

North, Middle Caspian, Lower Volga

1996. Rakhmatulina

259.

 

D. vulgaris

Bory 1824

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North, Middle Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

260.

Lichmophoraceae

Lichmophora ehrengbergii

(Êützing) Gran

Brackish-watery

Widespread

Great numbers

South Caspian

 

261.

Thalassionemataceae

Thalassionema nitzschioides

(Grunow) Grunow ex Hustedt 1932

Marine

Widespread

Often

North, South, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

262.

Striatellaceae (=Tabellariaceae)

Grammatophora marina

(Lyngbye) Êützing

Marine

Widespread

 

North, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

263.

 

G. oceanica

Ehrenberg 1854

Brackish- watery

Widespread

Rare

Middle, South Caspian

 

Order Naviculales (=Raphales)

264.

Pinnulariaceae

Pinnularia gibba

Ehrenberg 1841

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

265.

 

P. interrupta var. interrupta (=P. mesolepta (Ehr.) W. Smith)

W. Smith 1853

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

   

P. interrupta var. minutissima

Hustedt

Freshwater

Widespread

Often

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

266.

 

Ð. microstauron

(Ehrenberg) Cleve 1891

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

267.

Diploneidaceae

Diploneis smithii

(Brébisson) Cleve 1894

Marine-brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

2000. Rakhmatulina

268.

 

D. interrupta

(Êützing) Cleve 1894

Brackish-watery

Cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

269.

 

Diploneis dydyma

(Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg 1854

Brackish-marine

Cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

270.

Naviculaceae

Navicula bacillum

Ehrenberg 1843

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

271.

 

N. capitata var. capitata

Ehrenberg 1838

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

N. capitata var. hungarica (=N. hungarica Grun.)

(Grunow) Ross 1947

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

272.

 

N. cincta

(Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1861

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

273.

 

N. costulata

Grunow 1880

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

274.

 

N. cryptocephala var. cryptocephala

Êützing 1844

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

   

N. cryptocephala var. lata

Poretzky et Anissimowa

Freshwater -brakish

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

275.

 

N. cuspidata var. elongata

Skvet Meyer

Brackish- watery

Cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

276.

 

N. decussis

Oestrup 1910

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

277.

 

N. dicephala

(Ehrenberg) W. Smith

Freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

278.

 

N. elginensis

(Gregory) Ralfs 1861

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

279.

 

N. exigua

(Gregory) Grunow 1880

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

280.

 

N. gastrum

(Ehrenberg) Êützing 1844

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

281.

 

N. gregaria

Donkin 1861

Brackish- watery

Cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1996. Rakhmatulina

282.

 

N. lanceolata var. tenella

(Agardh) Êützing

Brackish- freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

283.

 

N. laterostrata

Hustedt 1925

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

284.

 

N. menisculus

Schumann 1867

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

285.

 

N. minima

Grunow

Freshwater

Found in ponds

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

286.

 

Navicula molestiformis

Hustedt 1949

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

287.

 

N. peregrina var. peregrina

(Ehrenberg) Êützing 1844

Brackish-watery

Cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

   

N. peregrina var. asiatica

Skv.

Brackish-watery

In temperate zone of Eurasia

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

N. peregrina var. minuta

Skv.

Brackish-watery

In temperate zone of Eurasia

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

288.

 

N. placentula f. rostrata

A. Mayer

Freshwater

In temperate zone of Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

289.

 

N. platystoma

Ehrenberg 1838

Freshwater

Limited distribution, in Eurasia

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

290.

 

N. pseudanglica

Lange-Bertalot 1985

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

291.

 

N. pupula var. nyassensis

(O. Müller) Lange-Bertalot 1985

Freshwater

In tropical and subtropical zones

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

N. pupula var. rectangularis

(Gregory) Grunow

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

292.

 

N. radiosa

Êützing 1844

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

2000. Rakhmatulina

293.

 

N. recens

(Lange-Bertalot) Lange-Bertalot 1985

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

294.

 

N. rhynchocephala var. rhynchocephala

Êützing 1844

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

   

N. rhynchocephala var. omica

Gorjasch

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

295.

 

N. stroemii

Hustedt 1931

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

296.

 

N. tripunctata (=N. gracilis Ehr.)

(O.F. Müller) Bory 1822

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1996. Rakhmatulina

297.

 

N. veneta

Êützing 1844

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

298.

 

N. viridula var. rostellata

(Êützing) Cleve 1895

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

299.

 

Neidium affine

(Ehrenberg) Pfitzer 1871

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

300.

 

Neidium ampliatum

(Ehrenberg) Krammer 1985

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

301.

 

N. dubium

(Ehrenberg) Cleve 1894

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

302

 

Caloneis amphisbaenà

(Bory) Cleve 1894

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1996. Rakhmatulina

303.

Pleurosigmataceae

Gyrosigma acuminatum

(Êützing) Rabenhorst 1853

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

304.

 

G. attenuatum

(Êützing) Rabenhorst 1853

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Iran

1971. Levshakova

305.

 

G. balticum

(Ehrenberg) Rabenhorst 1853

Marine­brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

306.

 

G. fasciola

(Ehrenberg) Griffith et Henfrey 1856

Marine­brakish

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

307.

 

G. scalpoides

(Rabenhorst) Cleve 1894

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1996. Rakhmatulina

308.

 

G. spenceri

(Quekett) Griffith et Henfrey 1856

Brackish-watery

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

309.

 

G. strigilis

(W. Smith) Cleve 1894

Brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1996. Rakhmatulina

310.

 

Pleurosigma elongatum

W. Smith 1852

Brackish-watery

Cosmopolite

Rare

Norh, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

311.

 

P. salinarum

Grunow 1880

Brackish- watery

Cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

312.

Stauroneidaceae

Stauroneis anceps

Ehrenberg 1843

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

313.

Mastagloiaceae

Mastogloia baltica

Grunow 1880

Brackish-watery

Limited distribution

Rare

North Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

314.

 

Ì. smithii

Thwaites 1856

Brackish- watery

Cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

315.

 

Aneumastus tusculus (=Navicula tuscula Ehr.)

(Ehrenberg) Mann et Stickle

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

Order Achnanthales

316.

Achnànthaceae

Achnanthes brevipes

Agardh 1824

Brackish-marine

Cosmopolite

Often

North, South Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

317.

 

Achnanthes exilis

Êützing 1833

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

Rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

318.

 

A. inflata

(Êützing) Grunow 1880

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

319.

 

A. lanceolata

(Brébisson) Grunow 1880

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

320.

 

A. minutissima var. minutissima

Êützing 1833

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

A. minutissima var. affinis (=A. affinis Grun.)

(Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 1989

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread

Often

North Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

321.

Cocconeidaceae

Cocconeis pediculus

Ehrenberg 1838

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread in biofouling sites, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

322.

 

C. placentula

Ehrenberg 1838

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread in biofouling sites, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

324.

 

C. scutellum var. scutellum

Ehrenberg 1838

Marine

Among biofouling sites

Often

North, South Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

   

C. scutellum var. minutissima

Grunow 1880

Marine-brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Eunotiaceales

325.

Eunotiaceae

Eunotia bilunaris

(Ehrenberg) Mills 1934

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Cymbellales

326.

Rhoicospheniaceae

Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (=R. curvata (Êütz.) Grun.)

(Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 1980

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite

Often

North, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

327.

Cymbellaceae

Cymbella affinis (=C. tumidula Grun.)

Êützing 1844

Freshwater

Widespread in subarctic and temperate zones

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1996. Rakhmatulina

328.

 

C. cistula

(Ehrenberg) Kirchner 1878

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

329.

 

C. cymbiformis

Agardh 1830

Freshwater

Widespread in arctic and temperate zones

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

330.

 

C. elginensis

Krammer 1981

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

331.

 

C. helvetica

Êützing 1844

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

332.

 

Cymbella lanceolata

Agardh 1830

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread in temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

333.

 

C. mesiana

Cholnoky 1955

Freshwater

Cosmopolite, widespread in arctic zone

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

334.

 

C. parva

(W. Smith) Kirchner 1878

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate and subtropical zones

Often

North Caspian

2000. Rakhmatulina

335.

 

C. prostrata

(Berkeley) Cleve 1894

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Iran

1996. Rakhmatulina

336.

 

C. pusilla

Grunow 1875

Brackish-watery

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian

1997 Rakhamtulina

337.

 

C. silesiaca

Bleisch 1864

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

338.

 

C. tumida

(Brébisson) Van Heurck 1880

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate and tropic zones

 

North Caspian

1997. Rakhamtulina

339.

 

C. tumidula

Grunow 1875

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

340.

Gomphonemataceae

Gomphonema acuminatum var. coronatum

(Ehrenberg) W. Smith

Freshwater

Ñosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

341.

 

G. augur

Ehrenberg 1840

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

342.

 

G. clavatum

Ehrenberg 1832

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

343.

 

G. lanceolatum var. capitatum

Ehrenberg

Freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

344.

 

G. olivaceum (=Gomphoneis olivacea (Horn.) Dawson ex Ross et Sims)

(Hornemann) Brébisson 1838

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

345.

 

G. parvulum var. parvulum

(Êützing) Êützing 1849

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

   

G. parvulum var. subellipticum

Cleve

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

346.

 

G. truncatum (=G. turgida (Ehr.) Êütz.)

Ehrenberg 1832

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

Order Thalassiphysales

347.

Catenulaceae

Amphora coffeaeformis

Agardh 1844

Brackish-watery

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

2000. Rakhmatulina

348.

 

A. commutata

Grunow 1880

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

349.

 

A. ovalis

(Êützing) Êützing 1844

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

2000. Rakhmatulina

350.

 

A. pediculus

(Êützing) Grunow 1880

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

351.

 

A. veneta

Êützing 1844

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Single, rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Rhopalodiales

352.

Rhopalodiaceae

Rhopalodia gibba (=R. gibba var. ventricosa (Êütz.) H. et M. Peragallo)

(Ehrenberg) O. Müller 1895

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

Norh Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

353.

 

R. musculus

(Êützing ) O. Müller 1899

Marine

Cosmopolite

Rare

Norh Caspian

1971. Levshakova

354.

Epithemiaceae

Epithemia adnata

(Êützing) Brébisson

Freshwater

Ñosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

355.

 

E. argus (=E. ocellata (Ehr.) Êütz.)

(Ehrenberg) Êützing 1844

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

356.

 

E. sorex

Êützing 1844

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

2000. Rakhmatulina

357.

 

E. turgida

(Ehrenberg) Êützing 1844

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

Order Bacillariales

358.

Bacillariaceae (=Nitzschiaceae)

Bacillaria paradoxa (=B. paxillifer (Muel.) Hendey)

Gmelin 1791

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North, Middle Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

359.

 

B. socialis var. baltica

Grunow

Brackish-watery

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian, Iran

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

360.

 

Cylindrotheca closterium (=Nitzschia closterium (Ehr.) W. Smith)

Reiman et Levin 1964

Marine­brakish

Cosmopolite

Rare

North, Middle, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

361.

 

Hantzschia amphioxys f. amphioxys

(Ehrenberg) Grunow 1880

Freshwater -brackish

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

Hantzschia amphioxys f. capitata

O. Müller

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

362.

 

Nitzschia acicularis

(Êützing ) W. Smith 1853

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

All over the Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

363.

 

N. angustata var. angustata

(W. Smith) Grunow 1880

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

N. angustata var. acuta

(W. Smith) Grunow 1880

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

364.

 

N. aquaea

Wisl. et Poretzky

Brackish-freshwater

Limited, in Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

365.

 

N. brevissima (=N. parvula Lewis)

Grunow 1881

Brackish-watery

In river estuaries, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

366.

 

N. coarctata (=N. punctata f. coarctata (Grun.) Hust.)

Grunow 1878

Marine-brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

367.

 

N. communis

Rabenhorst 1860

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

368.

 

N. debilis (=N. tryblionella var. debilis (Arnott) Hust.)

(Arnott) Grunow 1880

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

2000. Rakhmatulina

369.

 

N. dissipata

(Êützing) Grunow 1862

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

370.

 

N. distans

Gregory

Brackish-marine

Limited

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

371.

 

N. frustulum

(Êützing) Grunow 1880

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

372.

 

N. gracilis

Hantzsch 1860

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

373.

 

N. hantzschiana

Rabenhorst 1860

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

374.

 

N. homburgiensis (=N. thermalis (Êütz.) Auerswald)

Lange-Bertalot 1978

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread in northern hemisphere

 

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

375.

 

N. hungarica

Grunow 1862

Brackish-watery

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

376.

 

N. inconspicua

Grunow 1862

Brackish- watery

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

377.

 

Nitzschia intermedia

Hantzsch ex Cleve et Grunow 1880

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

378.

 

N. linearis

(Agardh) W. Smith 1853

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

379.

 

N. lorenziana

Grunow 1880

Brackish-watery

Often, cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

380.

 

N. palea var. palea

(Êützing) W. Smith 1856

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

N. palea var. debilis

(Êützing) Grunow 1880

Freshwater

In temperate and subarctic zones

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

N. palea var. capitata

Wisl. et Poretzky

Brackish-freshwater

Cosmopolite (?), in Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

N. palea var. tenuirostris

Grunow

Freshwater

Limited, in Eurasia

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

381.

 

N. paleacea

(Grunow) Grunow 1881

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

382.

 

N. pusilla

Grunow 1862 emend. Lange-Bertalot 1976

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

383.

 

N. recta

Hantzsch 1861­1879

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

384.

 

N. reversa (=N. longissima var. reversa Grun.)

W. Smith 1853

Marine-brackish

Cosmopolite

Rare, single species

North, Middle, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

385.

 

N. sigma

(Êützing) W. Smith 1853

Marine-brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North, South Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

386.

 

N. sigmoidea

(Nitzsch) W. Smith 1853

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

2000. Rakhmatulina

387.

 

N. sublinearis

Hustedt 1930

Freshwater

In temperate and subarctic zones

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

388.

 

N. subtilis

Grunow 1880

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

389.

 

N. tenuirostris

Mereshkovsky 1902

Brackish

 

Often

North, Middle, South Caspian

1970. Babayev

390.

 

N. vermicularis

(Êützing) Hantzsch 1860

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

391.

 

N. vitrea

Norman 1861

Brackish-watery

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

Order Surirellales

392.

Entomoneidaceae

Entomoneis paludosa (=Amphiprora paludosa W. Smith)

(W. Smith) Reimer 1975

Brackish-marine

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

2000. Rakhmatulina

393.

Surirellaceae

Surirella angustata

Êützing

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

394.

 

S. brebissonii var. kuetzingii

Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 1987

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

395.

 

S. linearis

W. Smith 1853

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

396.

 

S. minuta

Brébisson 1849

Freshwater -brakish

Cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

397.

 

S. ovalis

Brébisson 1838

Brackish-watery

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

398.

 

Campylodiscus araliensis

I. Kisselev

Brackish-watery

Spread limitedly

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

399.

 

C. bicostatus (=C. clypeus var. bicostatus (W. Smith) Hust.)

W. Smith 1854

Brackish-watery

Spread limitedly, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North, Middle Caspian

1971. Levshakova

400.

 

C. clypeus

Ehrenberg 1840

Brackish-watery

Cosmopolite

Often

North, South Caspian, Iran

2000. Rakhmatulina

401.

 

C. daemelianus

Grunow

Brackish-watery

Spread limitedly

 

North, Middle, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

402.

 

C. echeneis

Ehrenberg 1840

Marine-brackish

Cosmopolite

 

North, Middle, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

403.

 

Cymatopleura elliptica

(Brébisson) W. Smith 1851

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

Norh Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

404.

 

C. solea

(Brébisson) W. Smith 1851

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

Division Xanthophyta

Class Heterococcophyceae

Order Mischococcales (=Tribonematales; =Heterococcocales)

405.

Pleurochloridaceae

Goniochloris fallax

Fott

Freshwater

In temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

406.

 

G. laevis

Pascher

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?), in Eurasia

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

407.

 

Goniochloris mutica

(A. Braun) Fott

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Single species

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

408.

 

G. parvula

Pascher

Brackish-freshwater

Spread limitedly, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

409.

 

G. smithii

(Bourrelly) Fott

Freshwater

In temperate zone of Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

410.

 

G. tripus

Pascher

Freshwater

Spread limitedly, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

411.

Centritractaceae

Bumilleriopsis brevis

(Gerneck) Printz 1914

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

412.

 

Centritractus belonophorus

Lemmermann

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

413.

 

C. brunneus

Fott

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

414.

 

C. capillifer

Pascher

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

415.

Ophiocytiaceae (=Chlorotheciaceae)

Ophiocytium capitatum

Wolle

Freshwater

In northern temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

416.

 

O. cochleare

(Eichwald) A. Braun 1855

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

417.

 

O. variabile

Bochlin

Freshwater

In northern temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Division Cryptophyta

Class Cryptomonadophyceae

Order Cryptomonadales

418.

Cryptomonadaceae

Chroomonas acuta

Uterm.

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

419.

 

Cryptomonas caudata

Schiller

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

420.

 

C. curvata

Ehrenberg

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

421.

 

C. erosa

Ehrenberg 1832

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

422.

 

C. gracilis

Skuja

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

423.

 

Cryptomonas marssonii

Skuja 1948

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

424.

 

C. obovata

Skuja

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

425.

 

C. ovata

Ehrenberg 1838

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

426.

 

C. reflexa

(Marsson) Skuja

Freshwater -brackish

In temperate zone, in Europe

Common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

427.

 

C. salina

Wisl.

Brackish

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

428.

 

Rhodomonas lacustris var. lacustris (=R. pusilla (Bachm.) Javorn.)

Pascher et Ruttner 1913

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

R. lacustris var. nannoplanktonica (=R. minuta var. nannoplanktonica Skuja)

(Skuja) Javornicky 1976

Freshwater

In temperate zone, in Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

429.

 

R. lens

Pascher et Ruttnner 1913

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Division Dinophyta / Dinoflagellata (=Pyrrophyta)

Class Desmophyceae

Order Prorocentrales

430.

Prorocentraceae

Exuviaella caspiña

I. Kisselev 1949

Brackish-watery

Caspian endemic

 

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

431.

 

E. ostenfeldii

Ostenfeld 1901

Brackish- watery

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

432.

 

Prorocentrum cordata (=Exuviaella cordata Ostf.)

(Ostenfeld) Dodge 1975

Marine-brackish

 

Often

North, Middle, South Caspian, Iran

1997. Rakhmatulina

433.

 

P. lima (=E. marina Cienkovski)

(Ehrenberg) Dodge 1975

Marine

Limited distribution

 

North, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

434.

 

P. micans

Ehrenberg 1833

Marine

In northern and southern seas

Single species

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

435.

 

P. obtusum

Ostenfeld 1908

Brackish-watery

In russian southern seas

Rare

North, Middle, South Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

436.

 

P. proximum

Makarova 1967

Marine

In northern and southern seas

Often

North, South Caspian

1968. Proshkina­ Lavrenko, Makarova

437.

 

Prorocentrum scutellum

Schröder 1900

Marine

In northern and southern seas

Often

North, Middle, South Caspian, Iran

1970. Babayev

Order Gymnodiniales

438.

Gymnodiniaceae

Gymnodinium lacustre

Schiller 1933

Brackish-freshwater

In seas

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

439.

 

G. variabile

Herdman 1924

Marine

In seas

Rare

North Caspian, Iran

1998. Rakhmatulina

440.

 

Heterocapsa rotundata (=Massartia rotundata Schiller)

(Lohmann) Hansen 1995

Marine

 

Often

Middle, South Caspian

 

Order Peridiniales

441.

Glenodiniaceae

Glenodinium behningii

(Lindemann) I. Kisselev 1950

Brackish-watery

Oceanic, widespread

Rare

North, Middle, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

442.

 

G. caspicum

(Ostenfeld) Schiller 1931-1937

Brackish-watery

In russian southern seas

Rare

North, Middle, South Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

443.

 

G. lenticula f. assimetrica

(Mangin) Schiller

Brackish-watery

Oceanic, widespread

Rare

North, Middle, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

444.

 

G. penardii f. major

Lind.

 

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

445.

 

G. pilula

(Ostenfeld) Schiller 1937

Brackish-watery

Southern seas

Single species

Norht, Middle, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

446.

Peridiniaceae

Sphaerodinium cinctum

(Ehrenberg) Wołoszyńska 1916

Freshwater

Limited distribution

Rare

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

447.

 

Pyrophacus horologicum

Stein 1883

Marine

Diverse in seas

Rare

Northern, North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

448.

 

Glenodiniopsis penardii (=Glenodinium penardii Lemm.)

(Lemmermann) Bourelly 1968

Freshwater

In Europe; in plankton, rivers and ponds

Rare

North, South, Middle Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

449.

 

Preperidinium meunieri (=Glenodinium lenticula f. minor (Pauls.) Schiller)

(Pavillard) Elbrächter, 1993

Brackish-watery

Oceanic, widespread

Rare

North, Middle, South Caspian, Iran

1998. Rakhmatulina

450.

 

Peridiniella danicum (=Glenodinium danicum Pauls.)

(Paulsen) Okolodkov et Dodge 1995

Marine

Seas of norhtern hemisphere

Rare

North, South, Middle Caspian, Iran

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

451.

 

Peridiniopsis berolinense

(Lemmermann) Bourrelly 1968

Freshwater

In norhtern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

452.

 

P. charkowiensis

(Matvienko) Bourrelly 1968

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

453.

 

P. elpatiewskyi

(Ostenfeld) Bourrelly 1968

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

454.

 

P. oculatum

(Stein) Bourrelly 1968

Freshwater

In temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

455.

 

P. penardiforme

(Lindemann) Bourrelly 1968

Freshwater

In temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

456.

 

P. polonicum

(Wołoszynska) Bourrelly 1968

Freshwater

In temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

457.

 

P. quadridens

(Stein) Bourrelly 1968

Freshwater

In temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

458.

 

P. rotunda (=Glenodinium rotundum (Leb.) Schiller, =Oblea rotunda (Leb.) Balech ex Sournia)

Lebour 1922

Brackish-watery

In Europe

 

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

459.

 

Peridinium aciculiferum

Lemmermann 1900

Brackish-freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

460.

 

P. cinctum

(O.F. Müller) Ehrenberg 1838

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

461.

 

P. lomnickii

Wołoszynska 1916

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

462.

 

P. umbonatum var. umbonatum (=P. inconspicuum Lemm.)

Stein 1883

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

   

P. umbonatum var. goslaviense

(Wołoszynska) Popovsky et Pfiester 1986

Freshwater

Widespread

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

463.

 

Protoperidinium achromaticum (=Peridinium achromaticum Lev.)

(Levander) Balech 1974

Marine

Widespread in Eurasien

Rare

North, Middle, South Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

464.

 

Scrippsiella trochoidea (=Glenodinium trochoideum Stein, =Peridinium trochoideum (Stein) Lemm.)

(Stein) Loeblich III 1976

Marine

In northern and southern seas

Rare

North, Middle, South Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

465.

Dinosphaeraceae

Diplopsalis acuta (=Peridinium latum Pauls.)

(Apstein) Entz 1904

Brackish-freshwater

In northern and southern seas

Rare

North, Middle, South Caspian

1997. Rakhmatulina

466.

 

D. lenticula (=Glenodinium lenticula (Bergh) Schiller)

Bergh 1882

Brackish-watery

Oceanic, widespread

Rare

North, Middle, South Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

467.

Ceratiaceae

Ceratium furcoides

(Levander) Langhans 1925

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

468.

 

C. hirundinella f. hirundinella

(O.F. Müller) Dujardin 1841

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread in temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

North, South Caspian, Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

C. hirundinella f. piburgense

(Zederbauer) Bachmann 1911

Freshwater

In temperate zone

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

469.

Gonyaulacaceae

Gonyaulax digitalis

(Pouchet) Kofoid 1911

Marine

Widespread in southern seas

 

North, South, Middle Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

470.

 

G. spinifera

(Claparède et Lachmann) Diesing 1866

Marine

Widespread

Often

North, Middle, South Caspian, Iran

1970. Babayev

471.

 

Lingulodinium polyedrum (=Gonyaulax polyedra Stein)

(Stein) Dodge 1989

Marine

Widespread

Often

North, Middle, South Caspian

1998. Rakhmatulina

Order Ebriales

472.

Ebriaceae

Ebria tripartita

(Schumann) Lemmermann 1900

Brackish-marine

   

Middle Caspian

1970. Babayev

Division Euglenophyta

Class Euglenophyceae

Order Euglenales

473.

Euglenaceae

Euglena acus

Ehrenberg 1830

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

474.

 

E. anabaena

Mainx

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

475.

 

Euglena caudata var. caudata

Hübner

Freshwater

Widespread in norhtern hemisphere

Rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

E. caudata var. minor

Deflandre

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

476.

 

E. clara

Skuja

Freshwater

In norhtern zone of Eurasia

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

477.

 

E. deses f. klebsii

(Lemmermann) Popova

Freshwater -brackish

In norhtern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

478.

 

E. gracilis

Klebs

Freshwater -brackish

In norhtern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

479.

 

E. hemichromata

Skuja

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

480.

 

E. oxyuris

Schmarda

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread in norhtern hemisphere

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

481.

 

E. spathirhyncha

Skuja

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

482.

 

E. tripteris

(Dujardin) Klebs

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

483.

 

E. viridis

Ehrenberg

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

484.

 

Lepocinclis fusiformis

(Carter) Lemmermann

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

485.

 

L. ovum

(Ehrenberg) Lemmermann

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

486.

 

Phacus caudatus

Hübner

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Not rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

487.

 

P. globosus

Pochmann

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

488.

 

P. longicauda

(Ehrenberg) Dujardin

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

489.

 

P. megalopsis

Pochmann

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

490.

 

P. mirabilis

Pochmann

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

491.

 

P. orbicularis

Hübner

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

492.

 

Phacus oscillans

Klebs

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Not rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

493.

 

P. parvulus var. parvulus

Klebs

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

P. parvulus var. pusillus

(Lemmermann) Popova

Freshwater

In norhtern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

494.

 

P. pleuronectes

(Ehrenberg) Dujardin

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Not rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

495.

 

Monomorphina pyrum (=P. pyrum (Ehr.) Stein)

(Ehrenberg) Mereschkowsky

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

496.

 

Strombomonas urceolata

(Stokes) Deflandre

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

497.

Trachelomonadaceae

Trachelomonas abrupta

Swirenko

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

Not rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

498.

 

T. cylindrica

Ehrenberg 1833 sec. Playfair 1915

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

499.

 

T. hispida var. hispida

(Perty) Stein 1878 emend. Deflandre 1926

Freshwater, ubiquist

Widespread, cosmopolite

Common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

T. hispida var. granulata

Playfair 1915

Freshwater

In temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

500.

 

T. intermedia

Dangeard 1901

Freshwater -brakish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

501.

 

T. oblonga var. australica

Playfair 1915

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

T. oblonga var. punctata (=T. oblonga f. punctata Popova)

Lemmermann

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Not rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

502.

 

T. planctonica

Swirenko

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Not rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

503.

 

T. rotunda

Swirenko 1914

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

504.

 

T. similis

Stokes

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

505.

 

T. volvocina var. volvocina

Ehrenberg 1833

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite

Very often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

Trachelomonas volvocina var. subglobosa

Lemmermann 1913 emend. Swirenko 1915

Freshwater

Widespread in Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

506.

 

T. volvocinopsis

Swirenko 1914

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Not common

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

507.

Eutreptiaceae

Eutreptia lanowii

Steuer

Freshwater -brackish

In Europe

 

Middle, South Caspian

1970. Babayev

Division Chlorophyta

Class Prasinophyceae

Order Polyblepharidales

508.

Polyblepharidaceae

Nephroselmis minuta

(Carter) Butcher 1959

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Tetraselmidales

509.

Tetraselmidaceae

Tetraselmis arnoldii

(Proshkina-Lavrenko) Norris et al. 1980

Brackish

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

510.

 

T. contracta

(Carter) Butcher 1959

Brackish-freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

511.

 

T. cordiformis

(Carter) Stein 1878

Freshwater -brackish

In northern temperate zone

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Class Chlamydophyceae

Order Chlamydomonadales

512.

Chlamydomonadaceae

Chlamydomonas angulosa

Dill 1895

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

513.

 

C. asymmetrica

Korschikoff 1927

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

514.

 

C. debaryana var. atactogama

(Korschikoff) Gerloff 1940

Freshwater

Widespread

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

515.

 

C. elliptica

Korschikoff 1927

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

516.

 

C. globosa

Snow 1902

Freshwater -brackish

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

517.

 

C. incerta

Pascher 1927

Freshwater-brackish (?)

Widespread

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

518.

 

C. media

Klebs 1896

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

519.

 

C. monadina

Stein 1878

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

520.

 

C. noctigama

Korschikoff 1927

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

521.

 

C. pertyi

Goroschankin 1891

Freshwater

Widespread

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

522.

 

Chlamydomonas proboscigera var. proboscigera

Korschikoff in Pascher 1927

Freshwater

In Eurasia

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

C. proboscigera var. charkowiensis

(Korschikoff) Péterfi 1968

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

523.

 

C. pseudopertusa

Ettl 1965

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

524.

 

C. reinhardtii

Dangeard 1888

Freshwater

Cosmopolite

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

525.

 

C. similis

Korschikoff 1938

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

526.

 

C. simplex

Pascher 1927

Freshwater

Widespread

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

527.

 

C. snowiae

Printz 1914

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

528.

 

Chloromonas vulgaris

(Anachin) Gerloff et Ettl 1970

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

529.

 

Carteria globosa

Korschikoff 1927

Freshwater

In northern cold waters, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

530.

 

Gloeomonas mucosa

(Korschikoff) Ettl 1958

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

531.

 

Lobomonas stellata

Chodat 1921

Freshwater

In Europe

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

532.

 

Sphaerellopsis gloeocystiformis

(Dill) Gerloff 1940

Freshwater

In Europe

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

533.

Haematococcaceae

Chlorogonium acutiforme

Bourrelly 1951

Freshwater

In Europe

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

534.

 

C. minimum

Playfair 1918

Freshwater

Widespread

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

535.

Phacotaceae

Pteromonas aculeata

Lemmermann 1900

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

536.

 

P. angulosa

(Carter) Lemmermann 1900

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

537.

 

P. robusta

Korschikoff 1939

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

538.

 

P. torta

Korschikoff

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Volvocales

539.

Volvocaceae

Gonium pectorale

O.F. Müller 1773

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

 

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

540.

 

G. sociale

(Dujardin) Warming 1876

Brackish- freshwater

Widespread

 

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

541.

 

Pandorina charkowiensis

Korschikoff 1923

Freshwater

Widespread (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

542.

 

Pandorina morum

(O.F. Müller) Bory 1824

Brackish-freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

 

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

543.

 

Eudorina elegans

Ehrenberg 1831

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

 

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

Class Chlorophyceae

Order Dunaliellales

544.

Dunaliellaceae

Spermatozopsis exsultans

Korschikoff 1913

Freshwater

In norhtern temperate zone

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Chlorococcales

545.

 

Dactylococcopsis acicularis

Lemmermann 1900

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Volga river estuary and lower part

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

546.

 

D. fascicularis

Lemmermann 1898

Freshwater

Common

Rare, single

North Caspian, near Volga river estuary

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

547.

Characiaceae

Ankyra ancora

(G. M. Smith) Fott 1957

Freshwater

In northern temperate zone

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

548.

 

A. judayi

(G. M. Smith) Fott 1957

Freshwater

In norhtern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

549.

 

A. viridis

(Massjuk) Tzarenko 1990

Freshwater

In Europe

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

550.

 

Korschikoffiella limnetica

(Lemmermann) Silva 1959

Freshwater

In norhtern hemisphere

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

551.

 

Schroederia robusta

Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

552.

 

S. setigera

(Schröder) Lemmermann 1898

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

553.

 

S. spiralis

(Printz) Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

554.

Golenkiniaceae

Golenkinia radiata

Chodat 1894

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

555.

 

Polyedriopsis spinulosa

(Schmidle) Schmidle 1899

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

556.

Chlorococcaceae

Emergosphaeria superficalis

Mill

Freshwater

Limited distribution

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

557.

 

Chroderia setigera

(Schröder) Lemmermann

Freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

 

Order Chlorellales

558.

Treubariaceae

Desmatractum indutum

(Geitler) Pascher 1930

Freshwater

In norhtern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

559.

 

Treubaria euryacantha

(Schmidle) Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

560.

 

T. planctonica

(G. M. Smith) Korschikoff

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Very rare, single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

561.

 

T. schmidlei (=T. varia Tiff. et Ahlstr.)

(Schröder) Fott et Kovač 1975

Freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

562.

 

T. triappendiculata

Bern. 1908

Freshwater

In norhtern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

563.

Palmellaceae (=Sphaerocystidaceae)

Planctococcus sphaerocystiformis (=Gloeococcus ?)

Korschikoff

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

564.

 

Sphaerocystis planctonica

(Korschikoff) Bourrelly 1966

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

565.

Neochloridaceae (=Sphaerocysti daceae; =Radiococcaceae)

Dictyochlorella reniformis (=Dictyochloris reniformis Korsch.)

(Korschikoff) Silva 1959

Freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

566.

 

D. globosa (=D. globosa Korsch.)

(Korschikoff) Silva 1959

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Protosiphonales

567.

Micractiniaceae

Dicellula planctonica

Swirenko 1926

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

Rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

568.

 

Golenkiniopsis longispina

(Korschikoff) Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

569.

 

G. parvula

(Voronichin) Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In northern temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

570.

 

G. solitaria

(Korschikoff) Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

Limited distribution, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

571.

 

Micractinium pusillum

Fresenius 1858

Freshwater

In temperate and tropical zones, cosmopolite (?)

 

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

572.

 

M. quadrisetum

(Lemmermann) G.M. Smith 1916

Freshwater

In northern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

 

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

573.

 

Siderocystopsis fusca

(Korschikoff) Swale 1964

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

574.

Botryococcaceae (=Dictyosphaeriaceae)

Dictyosphaerium anomalum

Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

575.

 

D. ehrenbergianum

Nägeli 1849

Freshwater

In northern temperate zone

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

576.

 

D. ehrenbergianum

Nägeli 1849

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

North, Middle Caspian, Lower Volga

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

577.

 

D. pulchellum

Wood 1872

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

North, Middle Caspian, Lower Volga

2000. Rakhmatulina

578.

 

D. tetrachotomum

Printz 1914

Freshwater

In northern temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Single, often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

579.

 

Botryococcus braunii

Êützing 1849

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread

All over area, often

Norh, Middle, South Caspian

2000. Rakhmatulina

580.

Hydrodictyaceae

Pediastrum angulosum

(Ehrenberg) Meneghini 1840

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single, rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

581.

 

P. boryanum var. boryanum

(Turp.) Meneghini 1840

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Numerous species

North, Middle, South Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

   

P. boryanum var. cornutum (=P. duplex var. cornutum Raciborski)

(Raciborski) Sulek 1969

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

   

P. boryanum var. longicorne

Reinsch 1867

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single, rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

582.

 

Pediastrum duplex (=P. duplex f. setigera Meyen; = P. duplex f. setigera Zach.)

Meyen 1829

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North, Middle, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

583.

 

P. integrum

Nägeli 1849

Freshwater

Less diverse

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

584.

 

P. simplex var. simplex

Meyen 1829

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

In river estuaries

North, Middle, South Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

1970. Babayev; 2003. Phytoplankton...

   

P. simplex var. echinulatum

Wittrock 1883

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

585.

 

P. tetras (=P. tetras var. tetraodon (Corda) Hansgirg, =P. muticum Êütz.)

(Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1844

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1997. Rakhmatulina

586.

 

Sorastrum spinulosum

Nägeli 1849

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

587.

Oocystaceae

Trochiscia aciculifera

(Largerheim) Hansgirg

Freshwater

Limited distribution

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

588.

 

Franceia ovalis

(France) Lemmermann

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

589.

 

Lagerheimia ciliata

(Lagerheim) Chodat 1895

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

590.

 

L. citriformis

(Snow) Collins 1909

Freshwater

In northern temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

591.

 

L. genevensis

(Chodat) Chodat 1895

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

592.

 

L. longiseta

(Lemmermann) Wille 1909

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

593.

 

L. quadriseta

(Lemmermann) G.M. Smith 1920

Freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

594.

 

L. subsalsa

Lemmermann 1898

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single species

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

595.

 

Nephrochlamys allanthoidea

Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In Eurasia

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

596.

 

Nephrochlamys subsolitaria

(G. S. West) Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In northern temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

597.

 

Oocystis apiculata

W. West

Freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

598.

 

O. borgei

Snow 1903

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

599.

 

O. composita

Proshkina-Lavrenko 1967

Freshwater

Limited distribution

Rare

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

600.

 

O. echinulata

Proshkina-Lavrenko 1967

Freshwater

Limited distribution

Rare

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

601.

 

O. gigas

Archer 1877

Brackish-freshwater

Limited distribution

 

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

602.

 

O. lacustris

Chodat 1897

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

603.

 

O. marssonii

Lemmermann 1898

Freshwater

In norhtern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

604.

 

O. parva

W. et G.S. West 1898

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

605.

 

O. rupestris

Kirchner

Freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

606.

 

O. socialis

Ostenfeld

     

South Caspian

 

607.

 

O. solitaria (=O. crassa Wittrock)

Wittrock 1879

Freshwater

Widespread

Common

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

608.

 

O. submarina

Lagerheim 1886

Freshwater -brackish

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

609.

Selenastraceae (=Ankistrodesmaceae; =Chlorellaceae)

Monoraphidium arcuatum (=Ankistrodesmus arcuatus Korschikoff)

(Korschikoff) Hindák 1970

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

1977. Rakhmatulina; 2003. Phytoplankton...

610.

 

M. circinale

(Nygaard) Nygaard

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

611.

 

M. contortum (=A. pseudomirabilis Korschikoff)

(Thur.) Komárková-Legnerová 1969

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

612.

 

Monoraphidium griffithii (=A. acicularis (A. Braun) Korschikoff)

(Berkeley) Komárková-Legnerová 1953

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1977. Rakhmatulina; 2003. Phytoplankton...

613.

 

M. irregularis (=Dactylococcopsis irregularis G.M. Smith)

(G.M. Smith) Komárková-Legnerová 1969

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Common, often

North Caspian, Volga river estuary, Lower Volga

1992. Nurieva, Akhundova

614.

 

M. komarkovae

Nygaard 1979

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

Single, very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

615.

 

M. minutum

(Näg.) Komárková-Legnerová 1969

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single, often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

616.

 

M. obtusum

(Korschikoff) Komárková-Legnerová 1969

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

617.

 

Quadrigula pfitzeri

(Schröder) G.M. Smith 1920

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

618.

 

Raphidocelis sigmoidea

Hindák 1977

Freshwater

In Europe

Very rare, single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

619.

 

Siderocelis ornata

(Fott) Fott 1934

Freshwater-brackish (?)

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

620.

 

S. sphaerica

Hindák 1977

Freshwater

In Europe

Very rare, single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

621.

 

Tetraedron caudatum

(Corda) Hansgirg 1888

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

622.

 

Tetraedron incus

(Teiling) G.M. Smith

Freshwater

In northern temperate zone

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

623.

 

T. minimum

(A. Braun) Hansgirg 1888

Freshwater

In temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

624.

 

T. pentaedricum

W. et G.S. West

 

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

625.

 

T. triangulare

Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In norhtern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

626.

 

Selenastrum bibraianus (=Ankistrodesmus bibraianus (Reinsch) Korsch.)

Reinsch 1867

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

627.

 

Selenastrum gracilis (=A. gracilis (Reinsch) Korsch.)

Reinsch 1867

Freshwater

Widespread

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

628.

 

Ankistrodesmus angustus

Bern.

Freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

629.

 

A. convolutus

Ñorda 1839

Freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

630.

 

A. densus

Korschikoff

Freshwater

Limited distribution

 

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

631.

 

A. falcatus

(Ñorda) Ralfs 1848

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North, Middle Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

632.

 

A. fusiformis

Corda ex Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

633.

 

A.spiralis

(Turner) Lemmerman 1908

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

634.

 

Chlorolobion braunii

(Nägeli) Komárková-Legnerová 1969

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

635.

 

Closteriopsis acicularis

(G.M. Smith) Belcher et Swale

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

636.

 

Kirchneriella aperta (=K. obesa var. aperta (Teiling) Brunnth.)

Teiling 1912

Freshwater

Spread in northern temperate zone

In small numbers

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

637.

 

K. irregularis

(Smith) Korschikoff

Freshwater

Widespread

 

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

638.

 

K. lunaris

(Kirchner) Moebius 1894

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

639.

 

K. obesa (=K. intermedia Korsch.)

(W. West) Schmidle 1893

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Single

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

640.

 

Raphidocelis contorta (=Kirchneriella contorta (Schmidle) Bohl; =K. gracillima Bohl)

(Schmidle) Marvan, Komárek et Comas 1984

Freshwater

Widespread

Single

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

641.

 

Hyaloraphidium arcuatum

Korschikoff

Freshwater

Limited distribution

 

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

642.

 

Hyaloraphidium contortum var. contortum

Pascher et Korschikoff 1931

Freshwater

Limited distribution

Single

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

   

H. contortum var. tenuissimum

Korschikoff 1931

Freshwater

In Eurasia

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

643.

 

H. rectum

Korschikoff

Freshwater

Limited distribution

 

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

644.

Radiococcaceae (=Protococcaceeae)

Coenochloris pyrenoidosa

Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In Eurasia

Very rare, single

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

645.

 

Coenocystis obtusa (=Kirchneriella obtusa (Korsch.) Kom.)

Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

Very rare, single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

646.

 

Coenolamellus botryoides

Proshkina-Lavrenko 1966

Freshwater -brackish

Only in the Caspian Sea

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

647.

 

Coenococcus planctonicus (=Eutetramorus planctonicus (Korsch.) Bourr.)

Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

648.

 

C. polycoccus (=E. polycoccus (Korsch.) Kom.)

(Korschikoff) Hindák

Freshwater

In norhtern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

Single, rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

649.

Coelastraceae

Coelastrum astroideum

De-Notaris 1867

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

650.

 

C. indicum

Turner 1892

Freshwater

Widespread

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

651.

 

Coelastrum microporum

Nägeli 1855

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

 

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

652.

 

C. pulchrum

Schmidle 1892

Freshwater

Widespread

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

653.

 

C. sphaericum (=C. cubicum Näg.)

Nägeli 1849

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

654.

Scenedesmaceae

Pseudotetrastrum punctatum (=Tetrastrum punctatum (Schmidle) Ahlstr. et Tiff.)

(Schmidle) Hindák 1977

Freshwater

Widespread in northern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

Single

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

655.

 

Westella botryoides

(W. West) De-Wildemann 1897

Freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

656.

 

Crucigenia fenestrata

(Schmidle) Schmidle 1901

Freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

657.

 

C. lauterbornei

(Schmidle) Schmidle 1901

Freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

658.

 

C. quadrata

Morren 1930

Freshwater

In Europe

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

659.

 

C. tetrapedia

(Kirchn.) W. et G.S. West 1902

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

660.

 

Crucigeniella apiculata

(Lemmermann) Komárek 1974

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

661.

 

C. rectangularis (=Crucigenia rectangularis (Näg.) Gay.)

(Nägeli) Komárek 1974

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

Single

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

662.

 

Didymocystis bicellularis

(Chodat) Komárek

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

663.

 

D. inermis

(Fott) Fott 1973

Freshwater

In temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

664.

 

D. lineata

Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

665.

 

D. planctonica

Korschikoff 1953

Freshwater

In Europe, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

666.

 

Komarekia appendiculata

(Chodat) Fott 1981

Freshwater

In Europe

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

667.

 

Tetrastrum elegans (=T. hastiferum (Arnoldi) Korsch.)

Playfair 1917

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Very rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

668.

 

T. heteracanthum

(Nordst.) Chodat 1895

Freshwater

In temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

669.

 

T. staurogeniaeforme

(Schröder) Lemmermann 1900

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

670.

 

T. triacanthum

Korschikoff 1939

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

671.

 

T. triangulare (=T. glabrum (Roll.) Ahlstr. et Tiff.)

(Chodat) Komárek 1974

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

672.

 

Actinastrum fluviatile (=A. hantzschii var. fluviatile Schröder)

(Schröder) Fott 1977

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

673.

 

Actinastrum hantzschii var. hantzschii

Lagerheim 1822

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

North, Middle Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

   

A. hantzschii var. gracile

Roll 1953

Freshwater

Widespread

Often

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina- Lavrenko, Makarova

   

A. hantzschii var. subtile

Wołoszynska 1911

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Single, often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

674.

 

A. raphidioides

Brunnth.

Freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

675.

 

Scenedesmus acuminatus var. acuminatus

(Lagerheim) Chodat 1902

Freshwater

In northern temperate zone, cosmopolite (?)

Common

North, Middle, South Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

   

S. acuminatus var. elongatus

G.M. Smith 1920

Freshwater

Widespread

Common

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

676.

 

S. acutiformis

Schröder 1897

Freshwater

In temperate and tropical zones, cosmopolite (?)

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

677.

 

S. acutus

Meyen 1829

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Often

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

678.

 

S. apiculatus

(W.et G.S. West) Chodat 1926

Freshwater

Limited distribution

Single

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

679.

 

S. arcuatus

(Lemmermann) Lemmermann 1899

Freshwater

Widespread

Common

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

680.

 

S. armatus var. bicaudatus

(Gugl.) Chodat 1926

Freshwater

In northern temperate zone

Single, rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

681.

 

S. bernarlii (=S. acuminatus var. bernarlii (G.M. Smith) Deduss.)

G.M. Smith 1916

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate and tropical zones

Common

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

682.

 

S. bicaudatus

Dedussenko 1925

Freshwater

In northern temperate zone

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

683.

 

S. brasiliensis var. brasiliensis

Bohlin 1897

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single, rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

S. brasiliensis var. cinnamomeus

Roll 1927

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

684.

 

S. caudato-aculeolatus (=S. quadricauda var. dentatus Deduss.)

Chodat 1926

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Single

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

685.

 

Scenedesmus costato­granulatus

Skuja 1948

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

686.

 

S. curvatus

Bohlin

Freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

687.

 

S. denticulatus

Lagerheim 1882

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

688.

 

S. falcatus (=S. acuminatus var. biseriatus Reinhardt)

Chodat 1894

Freshwater

Widespread in northern temperate zone

Common

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

689.

 

S. gutwinskii

Chodat 1926

Freshwater

In Eurasia

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

690.

 

S. incrassatulus

Bohlin 1897

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Very rare, single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

691

 

S. insignis

(W. et G.S. West) Chodat 1913

Freshwater

Widespread (?)

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

692.

 

S. intermedius var. intermedius (=S. quadricauda var. eualternans Pr.-Lavr.)

Chodat 1926

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

   

S. intermedius var. balatonicus

Hortobagyi 1943

Freshwater

Limited distribution, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

693.

 

S. lefevrii

Deflandre 1924

Freshwater

In Eurasia, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

694.

 

S. obliquus (=S. obliquus var. àlternans Chrystjuk, =S. bijugatus (Turp.) Kütz.)

(Turp.) Êützing 1833

Freshwater

Widespread in temperate and tropical zones

Single

North Caspain, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

695.

 

S. obtusus (=S. bijugatus var. alternans (Reinsch) Hansgirg)

Meyen 1829

Freshwater

Widespread in northern hemisphere

Common

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1998. Rakhmatulina

696.

 

S. opoliensis var. opoliensis

P. Richter 1897

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

697.

 

S. opoliensis var. carinatus

Lemmermann 1899

Freshwater

Widespread, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

698.

 

S. papillosum

Pankow 1986

Freshwater

Limited distribution

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

699.

 

Scenedesmus protuberans

Fritsch 1927

Freshwater

In northern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

700.

 

S. quadricauda var. quadricauda

(Turp.) Brébisson 1835

Freshwater

Widespread biofouling, cosmopolite

Common, often

North, Middle, South Caspian, Iran, Lower Volga

1971 Rakhmàtulina; 2003. Phytoplankton...

   

S. quadricauda var. setosus

Kirchner 1878

Freshwater

Widespread

Single

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

   

S. quadricauda var. vesiculosis

Proschkina-Lavrenko

Freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

701.

 

S. sempervirens

Chodat 1913

Freshwater

In northern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

Single, rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

702.

 

S. spinosus

Chodat 1926

Freshwater

Limited distribution, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

703.

 

S. verrucosus

Roll 1925

Freshwater

In northern hemisphere, cosmopolite (?)

Single

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

704.

 

Tetradesmus wisconsiensis

G.M. Smith 1913

Freshwater

In Europe

Very rare

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Ulothrichales

705.

Ulothrichaceae

Binuclearia lauterbornii var. lauterbornii

(Schmidle) Proshkina-Lavrenko 1966

Brackish-freshwater

Diverse species

All over area, numerous

North Caspian, Iran

2000. Rakhmatulina

   

B. lauterbornii var. crassa

Proshkina-Lavrenko et Makarova

Brackish-freshwater

   

North, Middle, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

706.

 

Chlorhormidium tribonematoideum

(Skuja) Starmach

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

707.

 

Elakatothrix acuta

Pascher

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

708.

 

E. gelatinosa

Wille

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

709.

 

E. genevensis

(Reverd.) Hind.

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

710.

 

Giminellopsis fragilis

Korschikoff

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

711.

 

Koliella longiseta

(Vischer) Hind.

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

712.

 

Ulothrix subtilissima

Rabenh.

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

713.

 

Ulothrix tenerrima

Êützing

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

714.

 

U. zonata

Êützing

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

715.

 

Uronema confervicolum

Lagerheim

     

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

716.

Chaetophoraceae

Stigeoclonium sp.

       

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Oedogoniales

717.

Oedogoniales

Oedogonium ssp.

 

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Class Zygnematophyceae (=Conjugatophyceae)

Order Gonatozygales

718.

Gonatozygaceae

Gonatozygon monotaenium

De Bary

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

Order Zygnematales

719.

Zygnemataceae

Zygnema ralfsii

(Hassal) de Bary

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

720.

Spirogyraceae

Spirogyra calospora

Gleve 1868

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Very often

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

721.

 

S. decimina f. juergensii

(Êützing) V. Poljansky 1845

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Often

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

722.

 

S. tenuissima f. cylindrica

(Czurda) V. Poljansky

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Often

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

723.

 

S. ternata

Ripart

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

724.

Mougeotiaceae

Mougeotia sp.

I. Kisselev 1958

Brackish-freshwater

Diverse

Single species

North, South Caspian

1971. Levshakova

Order Desmidiales

725.

Ñlosteriaceae

Closterium acerosum

(Schmidle) Ehrenberg

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

726.

 

C. acutum f. tenuis

Nordst.

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

C. acutum var. variabile

(Lemmermann) W. Krieger

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

727.

 

C. archerianum

Cleve

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

728.

 

C. exiguum

W. et G. West

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

729.

 

Closterium leibleinii

Êützing 1833

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

730.

 

C. lineatum f. minus

(Woronichin) Kossinskaya

Freshwater

     

2003. Phytoplankton...

731.

 

C. lunula

(Müller) Nitzsch

Brackish- freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

732.

 

C. moniliferum

(Bory) Ehrenberg 1904

Brackish-freshwater

Extremely widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

733.

 

C. parvulum

Nägeli 1849

Brackish- freshwater

Widespread

Often

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina­ Lavrenko, Makarova

734.

 

C. peracerosum

Gay

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

735.

 

C. selenastroides

Roll

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

736.

 

C. turgidum

Ehrenberg

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

737.

 

C. venus f. venus

Kützing

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

   

C. venus f. minus

Roll

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

738.

Desmidiaceae

Cosmarium angulosum

Brébisson

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

739.

 

C. botrytis

Meneghini

Brackish-freshwater

Cosmopolite

Sporadical

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

740.

 

C. crenatum var. crenatum

Ralfs

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

   

C. crenatum var. subcrenatum

Hantzsch.

Freshwater

       

741.

 

C. depressum

(Nägeli) Lund.

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

742.

 

C. formosulum

Hoff

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

743.

 

C. granatum

Brébisson 1848

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Single species

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

744.

 

C. impressulum

Elfv.

Freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

745.

 

C. kielmanii

Witte

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

746.

 

C. meneghinii

Brébisson 1848

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

747.

 

C. ochtodes

Nordst.

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

748.

 

C. retusiforme

(Wille) Gutw.

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

749.

 

Cosmarium sphagnicolum

W. et G.S. West

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

750

 

C. succisum

W. West

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

751.

 

C. turpinii

Brébisson

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

752.

 

C. undulatum

Ñorda 1839

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Single species

North Caspian

1968. Proshkina-Lavrenko, Makarova

753.

 

C. venustum

Brébisson

Brackish-freshwater

Cosmopolite (?)

 

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

754.

 

Cosmoastrum muticum

(Brébisson) Pal.-Mordv.

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

755.

 

Staurodesmus quiriferus

(W. et G.S. West) Teiling

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

756.

 

Staurastrum americanum

(W. et G.S. West) G.M. Smith

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

757.

 

S. chaetoceros

(Schröder) G.M. Smith

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

758.

 

S. forficulatum

Lund.

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

759.

 

S. gracile

Ralfs 1845

Brackish-freshwater

Widespread

Rare

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

760.

 

S. hexacerum

(Ehrenberg) Wittrock

Freshwater

   

Lower Volga

2003. Phytoplankton...

761.

 

S. paradoxum

Meyen

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian, Lower Volga

1971. Levshakova; 2003. Phytoplankton...

762.

 

S. polymorphum

Brébisson 1848

Brackish-freshwater

Cosmopolite

Single species

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

763.

 

S. tetracerum

Ralfs

Brackish-freshwater

   

North Caspian

1971. Levshakova

764.

Tetrapediaceae

Tetrapedia sp.

Reinsch

Freshwater

   

North Caspian