Peridinium tripos var. macroceros (Ehrenberg) Diesing 1866

Publication Details
Peridinium tripos var. macroceros (Ehrenberg) Diesing 1866: 388

Published in: Diesing, K.M. (1866). Revision der Prothelminthen. Abtheilung: Mastigophoren. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Abt. 1, Mineralogie, Botanik, Zoologie, Anatomie, Geologie und Paläontologie 52(8): 287-401.

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Publication date: 1866

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 Tripos macroceros (Ehrenberg) Hallegraeff & Huisman.

Source of Synonymy
Hallegraeff, G., Eriksen, R., Davies, C., Slotwinski, A., McEnnulty, F., Coman, F., Uribe-Palomino, J., Tonks, M. & Richardson, A. (2020). The marine planktonic dinoflagellate Tripos: 60 years of species-level distributions in Australian waters. Australian Systematic Botany 33: 392-411, 13 figs, 2 tables.

Basionym
Peridinium macroceros Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: Baltic Sea; (INA 1996) Type: Dr. Michaelis; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Greek), A three-legged structure; a tripod.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 September 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 September 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 October 2024

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