Acanthodinium spinosum Kofoid 1907
Publication Details
Acanthodinium spinosum Kofoid 1907: 194, pl. 11: fig. 66
Published in: Kofoid, C.A. (1907). Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" from October 1904 to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding. IX. New species of dinoflagellates. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 50: 161-207.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Acanthodinium.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cladopyxis spinosa (Kofoid) Schiller.
Source of Synonymy
Schiller, J. (1937). Dinoflagellatae (Peridineae). In: Dr. L. Rabenhosrst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 2. Aufl. X. Band, 3. Abt. 2. Teil. (Rabenhorst, L. Eds), pp. 321-590, i-vii. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spiny.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 September 2004 by Robert Wilkes.
Last updated: 10 August 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
