Peridinium levanderi Lemmermann 1900
Publication Details
Peridinium levanderi Lemmermann 1900: 120, no fig.
Published in: Lemmermann E. (1900). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der planktonalgen VIII Peridiniales aquae dulcis et submarinae. Hedwigia 39: 115-121.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Peridinium is Peridinium cinctum (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing.
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 December 2019
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Nomenclatural note
No description or figures but refers to "9. *P. Levanderi Lemm. nob. Synonym: Peridinium spec, bei Levander, Acta Soc. pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Bd. XII. No. 2. pag. 50. Taf. II. Fig. 21, thus validating the name. - (14 December 2019) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 December 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 April 2025
