Amphidinium latum Lebour 1925
Publication Details
Amphidinium latum Lebour 1925: 26, pl. 2: fig. 3
Published in: Lebour, M.V. (1925). The dinoflagellates of northern seas. pp. [i]-vii, [1]-250. Plymouth: Published by the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Amphidinium is Amphidinium operculatum Claparède & Lachmann.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nusuttodinium latum (Lebour) Y.Takano & T.Horiguchi.
Source of Synonymy
Takano, Y., Yamaguchi, H., Inouye, I., Moestrup, Ø. & Horiguchi, T. (2014). Phylogeny of five species of Nusuttodinium gen. nov. (Dinophyceae), a genus of unarmoured kleptoplastidic
dinoflagellates. Protist 165: 759-778.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), wide, broad; but also side, flank.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 April 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
