Minuscula M.V.Lebour, 1925

Holotype species: Minuscula bipes (Paulsen) Lebour

Currently accepted name for the type species: Protoperidinium bipes (Paulsen) Balech

Original publication and holotype designation: Lebour, M.V. (1925). The dinoflagellates of northern seas. pp. [i]-vii, [1]-250. Plymouth: Published by the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

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Description: Small thecate dinoflagellates resembling Protoperidinium.

Information kindly contributed by M.D. Guiry but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Protoperidinium.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Balech, E. (1974). El género "Protoperidinium" Bergh, 1881 ("Peridinium" Ehrenberg, 1831, partim). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales: Hidrobiología 4(1): 1-79, 31 figures.

Comments: Supposedly separated from Protoperidinium by its asymmetrical plate pattern, but it is now generally accepted as being as congeneric with Protoperidinium. Marine, planktonic in coastal waters.

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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. 07 April 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024