Medusa scintillans Macartney 1810
Current name:
Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy
Note the root-like tentacle characteristic of the large species.Robin Raine (Robin.Raine@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Medusa scintillans Macartney 1810: 265, pl. 15: figs. 9-10
Published in: Macartney, J. (1810). Observations upon luminous animals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 100: 258-293.
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A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy.
Source of Synonymy
Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921). The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Memoirs of the University of California 5: i-viii, 1-562.
Type Information
Type locality: Herne Bay, Kent, England; (Macartney 1810: 264) Notes: "I first met with these animals in the month of October 1804,
at Herne Bay, a small watering place upon the northern coast
of Kent."
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 21 September 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 November 2023
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
