Amphidoma caudata Halldal 1953

Azadinium caudatum (Halldal) Nézan & Chomérat

Current name: Azadinium caudatum (Halldal) Nézan & Chomérat
This species is top-shaped, recognisable by the high girdle and the 'tail' presented by the sulcal list which protrudes beneath the posterior of the cell.Robin Raine (Robin.Raine@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Amphidoma caudata Halldal 1953: 51, fig. 17

Published in: Halldal, P. (1953). Phytoplankton investigations from Weather Ship M in the Norwegian Sea, 1948-49: (including observations during the Armauer Hansen cruise, July 1949). Hvalrådets skrifter (Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo) 38: 1-91.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Amphidoma is Amphidoma nucula Stein.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Azadinium caudatum (Halldal) Nézan & Chomérat.

Type Information
Type locality: Norway: Norwegian Sea; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: Halldal 1953: fig. 17: Fig. 3, c (SEM-stub CEDiT2011E18 deposited at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Centre of Excellence for Dinophyte Taxonomy, Germany (epitype) (Nézan et al. 2012: 936)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), caudate, i.e., ending with a tail-like appendage (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 August 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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