Glenodinium acuminatum (Ehrenberg) Jørgensen 1899
Publication Details
Glenodinium acuminatum (Ehrenberg) Jørgensen 1899: 32
Published in: Jørgensen, E.G. (1905). Protist plankton of northern Norwegian Fiords (Winter and Spring 1899,1900). Bergens Museums Skrifter 1905: 1-151, pls 6-18.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Glenodinium is Glenodinium cinctum Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Scrippsiella acuminata (Ehrenberg) Kretschmann, Elbrächter, Zinssmeister, S.Soehner, Kirsch, Kusber & Gottschling.
Source of Synonymy
Kretschmann, J., Elbrächter, M., Zinssmeister, C., Soehner, S., Kirsch, M., Kusber, W.-H. & Gottschling, M. (2015). Taxonomic clarification of the dinophyte Peridinium acuminatum Ehrenberg, ≡ Scrippsiella acuminata, comb. nov. (Thoracosphaeraceae, Peridiniales). Phytotaxa 220(3): 239-256, 6 figures, 1 table.
Basionym
Peridinium acuminatum Ehrenberg
Type Information
Type locality: "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. Baltic Sea: Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel Fjord, August 1834 [extant], G.A. Michaelis, s.n."; (Kretschmann & al. 2015: 248) Notes: "... (holotype: fig. II 5! in Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin 1834, 1836, original drawing sub
No. 938 at BHUPM!, no physical material found; Baltic Sea, off Federal Republic of Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel Fjord,
18th March 2009 [extant]: M. Gottschling, K.J.S. Meier, S. Söhner & C. Zinßmeister, s.n. [GeoB 427], Epitype designated here:
CEDiT2014E40!, Centre of Excellence for Dinophyte Taxonomy, isoepitypes: B400041372! M229751!; illustrated here in Fig. 2)."
Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), acuminate, i.e. tapering gradually or abruptly from inwardly curved sides into a narrow point (Stearn 1983).
Created: 26 September 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 21 September 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 September 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
