• Cell Length: from 1 to 5 µm
• Cell Width: from 1 to 2 µm
• Width of trichome: from 0.5 to 1.8 µm
• Length of filaments: up to 100 µm

Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Aboal 1988, Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988, Aboal 1989, Aboal 1996), Sweden (Skuja 1948), Turkey (Europe) (Taskin et al. 2008 ). North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010). South-west Asia: Iran (Afsharzadeh et al. 2003), Israel (Vinogradova et al. 2000), Pakistan (Leghari et al. 2005), Turkey (Asia) (Taskin et al. 2008 ). Asia: Nepal (Rai, Rai & Jha 2010). Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), South Australia (Day et al. 1995), Western Australia (Day et al. 1995).

as Oscillatoria splendida var. limnetica (Lemmerman) Playfair

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995).

as Planktolyngbya subtilis (West) Anagnostidis & Komárek

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010). Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006). Australia and New Zealand: South Australia (Day et al. 1995).

as Planktolyngbya limnetica (Lemmermann) J.Komárková-Legnerová & G.Cronberg

Arctic: Svalbard (Matula et al. 2007). Europe: Baltic Sea (Hällfors 2004), Black Sea (BSPC Editorial Board 2014), Germany (Täuscher 2011, Täuscher 2014), Lithuania (Vitenaite 2001), Romania (Caraus 2012). North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), Ontario (Xenopoulos & Frost, 2003). South America: Argentina (Forastier et al. 2011), Brazil (Werner 2010). Africa: Burkina Faso (Thaomazeau et al. 2010). Asia: Korea (Park 2012). South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011), Vietnam (Nguyen et al. 2013). Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Broady & Merican 2012), Queensland (Bostock & Holland 2010).

Not reported.

Not reported.