Dinophysis ovum T.H.Abé, nom. illeg. 1967
Publication Details
Dinophysis ovum T.H.Abé, nom. illeg. 1967: 71
Published in: Abé, T.H. (1967). The armoured Dinoflagellata. II. Prorocentridae and Dinophysidae (B). Dinophysis and its allied genera. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 15(1): 37-78.
Request PDFPublication date: March 1967
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dinophysis is Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 August 2018 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 August 2018
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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: not Dinophysis ovum Schütt, 1895, but is dubiously valid. Supposedly based on Phalacroma ovum Schütt: "So far as these features are concerned, this species appears to be near akin to Phalacroma ( =Dinophysis) ovum of KOFOID & SKOGSBERG's (1928, Fig. 11 1, 3-4), but the former is more rotund than the latter. In addition, the former differs from the latter in the shape, height and the basal length of the left sulcal list. There has not been recorded any species of this form group, worthy to be discussed here, with the exception of Phalacroma acuta (SCHUTT)." (Abé 1967: 71). Phalacroma ovum Schütt appears to be an error for Phalacroma operculoides Schütt (1895: 90) [INA]. - (31 August 2018) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025
