Dissodinium pseudolunula Swift ex Elbrächter & Drebes 1978
Current name:
Dissodinium pseudolunula Swift ex Elbrächter & Drebes
Union, Washington, USA; Twanoh State Park, Lugol's, 400x, DIC - 30 August 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Dissodinium pseudolunula Swift ex Elbrächter & Drebes 1978: 362, fig. 1
Published in: Elbrächter, M. & Drebes, G. (1978). Life cycles, phylogeny and taxonomy of Dissodinium and Pyrocystis (Dinophyta). Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 31: 347-366.
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dissodinium is Dissodinium lunula (F.Schütt) G.A.Klebs.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), false lunula, diminutive of luna, moon (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 October 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 October 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
