Ceratium ranipes Cleve 1900

Publication Details
Ceratium ranipes Cleve 1900: 13, pl. VIII [8]: fig. 1

Published in: Cleve, P.T. (1900). Notes on some Atlantic plankton-organisms. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 34(1): 1-22, 8 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceratium is Ceratium tetraceras Schrank.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tripos ranipes (Cleve) F.Gómez.

Source of Synonymy
Gómez, F. (2013). Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceánides 28(1): 1-22.

Type Information
Type locality: Atlantic [Ceratium tripos var. digitatum Lemmermann 1899]; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 03 September 2019

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Nomenclatural note
New name for Ceratium tripos var. digitatum Lemmermann 1899 (priority for Ceratium digitatum F. Schütt 1895) (Index Nominum Algarum). - (13 October 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 September 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2025

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