Peridinium caudatum (Playfiar) Playfair 1919
Publication Details
Peridinium caudatum (Playfiar) Playfair 1919: 799
Published in: Playfair, G.I. (1919). Peridineae of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44: 793-818.
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 Parvodinium inconspicuum (Lemmermann) Carty.
Source of Synonymy
Moestrup, Ø. & Calado, A.J. (2018). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Dinophyceae. Vol. 6 pp. [i]-xii, [1]-560, 421 figures. Berlin: Springer Spektrum.
Basionym
Peridinium tabulatum var. caudatum Playfair
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), caudate, i.e., ending with a tail-like appendage (Sreenivasa Rao 1965).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 October 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
