Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy 1921

Publication Details
Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy 1921: 407, fig. KK.1-6

Published in: Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921). The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Memoirs of the University of California 5: i-viii, 1-562.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Noctiluca is Noctiluca miliaris Suriray.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Medusa scintillans Macartney

Type Information
Type locality: Herne Bay, Kent, England; (Macartney 1810: 264) Notes: "I first met with these animals in the month of October 1804, at Herne Bay, a small watering place upon the northern coast of Kent."

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 December 2024

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Usage note
Faust & Gulledge (2002: 47) notes toxic blooms of this species have been linked to large fish and marine invertebrate kills. This species does not produce a toxin, it is found to accumulate toxic levels of ammonia which is excreted into the surrounding waters. Please consult original reference for further details. Harmful species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 December 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 March 2025

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