Peridiniella C.A.Kofoid & J.R.Michener, 1911

Holotype species: Peridiniella sphaeroidea Kofoid & J.R.Michener

Original publication and holotype designation: Kofoid, C.A. & Michener, J.R. (1911). Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" from October 1904 to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding. XXII. New Genera and species of dinoflagellates. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 54(7): 265-302.

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Description: Medium-sized (50 µm) spherical thecate flagellates with a median, slightly displaced cingulum. Cell wall with cellulosic plates, plate formula: Po, 4',3a, 7"", 6c, 6"', 1p, 1"". Ventral pore midway between apex and proximal end of cingulum. No list or spines.

Information contributed by: M. Elbrächter. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2017-05-24 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kawai, H. & Nakayama, T. (2015). Introduction (Heterokontobionta p.p.), Cryptophyta, Dinophyta, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta (except Coscinodiscophyceae, Mediophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae), Chlorarachniophyta, Euglenophyta. In: Syllabus of plant families. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Ed. 13. Phototrophic eukaryotic Algae. Glaucocystophyta, Cryptophyta, Dinophyta/Dinozoa, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta/Ochrophyta, Chlorarachnniophyta/Cercozoa, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta p.p. (Frey, W. Eds), pp. 11-64, 103-139. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers.

Comments: In the original description, no information on cell content and no figure was given. The genus was emended (Balech 1977) to accommodate the organism described as Peridinium catenatum Levander, redescribed and transferred by Meunier (1910) to Amylax and by Kofoid (1911) to Gonyaulax. An other organism which may fit into the genus description is Scrippsiella subsalsa (Ostenfeld) Steidinger & Balech. Marine plankton of the Pacific (type species), only known from its author; Peridiniella catenata (Lev.) Balech is abundant in cold water of the Arctic and Baltic, living in and under the ice, may discolor the sea water.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 May 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024