Spirulina may refer to:
Biology
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''Spirulina'' (genus), a genus of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
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Spirulina (dietary supplement)
Spirulina is the dried biomass of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that can be consumed by humans and animals. The three species are '' Arthrospira platensis'', ''A. fusiformis'', and ''A. maxima''. Recent research has further moved all these spec ...
, a cyanobacterium product and biomass that can be consumed by humans and other animals
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Arthrospira
''Arthrospira'' and ''Limnospira'' are two genera of free-floating filamentous cyanobacteria characterized by cylindrical, multicellular trichomes in an open left-hand helix. A dietary supplement is made from ''L. platensis'' and ''L. maxima' ...
'', a genus of cyanobacteria closely related to the ''Spirulina'' genus, with three species that make up the above dietary supplement, despite its name
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Spirulina (suborder)
Spirulida is an Order (biology), order of cephalopods comprising one extant taxon, extant species (''Spirula spirula'') and several extinction, extinct taxon, taxa.
Fossil record
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, a group of cephalopods
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Spirula
''Spirula spirula'' is a species of deep-water squid-like cephalopod mollusk. It is the only extant member of the genus ''Spirula'', the family Spirulidae, and the order Spirulida. Because of the shape of its internal shell, it is commonly known ...
'', the only extant member of that suborder
See also
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Spiralinella
''Spiralinella'' is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks.Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Spiralinella Chaster, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...
'', a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks
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Spirolina
''Spirolina'' is a genus of foraminifera
Foraminifera ( ; Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are unicellular organism, single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class (biology), class of Rhizarian protists character ...
'', a genus of foraminifera in the family Peneroplidae
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