Proaulax corpusculum (Perty) Diesing 1866

Publication Details
Proaulax corpusculum (Perty) Diesing 1866: 383

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
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Proaulax.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gymnodinium corpusculum (Perty) Kent.

Source of Synonymy
Kent, W.S. (1880). A manual of the Infusoria: including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate and tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organisation and affinities of the sponges. Vol. 1(1) pp. vii-x, 1-143, 8 plates, 1 frontispiece. London: David Bogue.

Basionym
Peridinium corpusculum Perty

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 26 May 2017 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 February 2024

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Taxonomic note
Moestrup & Calado (2018: 473) note, with respect to the basionym, "Described with epi- and hypocone of different sizes. The illustrations show a number of aspects that are difficult to interpret. Reliable identification is not possible." - (31 August 2020) - M.D. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2025

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