Dissodinium fusiforme (C.W.Thomson) Matzenauer 1933

Publication Details
Dissodinium fusiforme (C.W.Thomson) Matzenauer 1933: 439

Published in: Matzenauer, L. (1933). Die Dinoflagellaten des Indischen Ozeans. Botanisches Archiv 35(4): 437-510, 77 figures, 2 plates.

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Publication date: 1933

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dissodinium is Dissodinium lunula (F.Schütt) G.A.Klebs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pyrocystis fusiformis C.W.Thomson.

Source of Synonymy
Steidinger, K.A. & Tangen, K. (1996). Dinoflagellates. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 387-584. San Diego: Academic Press.

Basionym
Pyrocystis fusiformis C.W.Thomson

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), fusiform; swollen at the middle and tapering to each end like a spindle; narrowly ellipsoid (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 29 May 2003 by Mairead Murphy.

Last updated: 02 September 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 September 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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