Scrippsiella mexicana (Balech) Indelicato & A.R.Loeblich 1986

Publication Details
Scrippsiella mexicana (Balech) Indelicato & A.R.Loeblich 1986: 159, figs. 11-18

Published in: Indelicato, S.R. & Loeblich, A.R. (1986). A revision of the marine peridinioid genera (Pyrrhophyta) utilizing hypothecal-cingular plate relationships as a taxonomic guideline. Japanese Journal of Phycology 34(3): 153-162, 24 figures, 1 table.

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Publication date: 20 September 1986

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Scrippsiella is Scrippsiella sweeneyae Balech.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ensiculifera mexicana Balech.

Source of Synonymy
Matsuoka, K., Kobayashi, S. & Gains, G. (1990). A new species of the genus Ensiculifera (Dinophyceaea); its cyst and motile forms. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan 37: 127-143.

Basionym
Ensiculifera mexicana Balech

Type Information
Type locality: Gulf of Mexico (26º23'N, 90º44'W); (INA 1996) Holotype: Fig. 11 (Balech 1967): 1.iii.1965; plankton; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), pertaining to Mexico (Stearn 1992).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 April 2012 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 November 2021

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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