Peridinium triquetrum (Ehrenberg) Lebour 1925
Publication Details
Peridinium triquetrum (Ehrenberg) Lebour 1925: 109, pl. XVIII [18]: figs 2 a-f (as 'triquetra')
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.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Peridinium is Peridinium cinctum (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Kryptoperidinium triquetrum (Ehrenberg) Tillmann, Gottschling, Elbrächter, Kusber & Hoppenrath.
Source of Synonymy
Gottschling, M., Tillmann, U., Elbrächter, M., Kusber, W.-H. & Hoppenrath, M. (2019). Glenodinium triquetrum Ehrenberg is a species not of Heterocapsa F.Stein but of Kryptoperidinium Er.Lindem. (Kryptoperidiniaceae, Peridiniales). Phytotaxa 391(2): 155-158, 2 figs.
Basionym
Glenodinium triquetrum Ehrenberg
Type Information
Type locality: Baltic Sea; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), having three acute angles.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 September 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 01 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024