Bernardinium Chodat, 1923
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Dinophyta
Class Dinophyceae
Order Gymnodiniales
Family Tovelliaceae
Holotype species: Bernardinium bernardinense Chodat
Original publication and holotype designation:Chodat, R. & Zender, J. (1923). Algues de la région du Grand-St-Bernard.. Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève (2) 15: 33-48.
Taxonomic status: currently recognized as a distinct genus.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Numbers of names and species: There are 4 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present, of which 1 has been flagged as currently accepted taxonomically.
Names: ('C' indicates a name that is currently accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):
Bernardinium bernardinense Chodat C - type
Bernardinium salinum (Anisimova) Javornicky S
Bernardinium thiophilum (Conrad) Javornicky S
Bernardinium ucrainicum (Proshkina-Lavrenko) P.JavornickĀy C
References
Javornicky, P. (1962). Two scarcely known genera of the class Dinophyceae : Bernardinium Chodat & Crypthecodinium Biecheler. Preslia 34: 98-113.
Fawcett, R.C. & Parrow, M.W. (2012). Cytological and phylogenetic diversity in freshwater Esoptrodinium/Bernardinium species (Dinophyceae). Journal of Phycology 48(3): 793-807.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=44905
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6162
