Peridinium quinquecorne T.H.Abé 1927
Current name:
Blixaea quinquecornis (T.H.Abé) Gottschling
Plankton, North Fork St. Lucie Estuary, St. Lucie, Florida, USA - 17 May 2023. tfrankov@fiu.edu
Publication Details
Peridinium quinquecorne T.H.Abé 1927: 410, fig. 30
Published in: Abé, T.H. (1927). Report of the biological survey of Mutsu Bay. 3. Notes on the protozoan fauna of Mutsu Bay. I. Peridiniales. Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Fourth Series (Biology) 2(4): 383-438, 50 figures.
Request PDFPublication date: June 1927
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 Blixaea quinquecornis (T.H.Abé) Gottschling.
Source of Synonymy
Gottschling, M., Calasan, A.Z., Kretschmann, J. & Gu, H. (2017). Two new generic names for dinophytes harbouring a diatom as an endosymbiont, Blixaea and Unruhdinium (Kryptoperidiniaceae, Peridiniales). Phytotaxa 306(4): 296-300, no fig.
Type Information
Type locality: off Hadakaiwa,, Mitsu Bay, Japan; (INA 1996) Type: 11.viii.1926; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 June 2005 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 04 March 2022
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
