Azadinium dexteroporum Percopo & Zingone 2013

Publication Details
Azadinium dexteroporum Percopo & Zingone 2013: 953, figs 1-6

Published in: Percopo, I., Siano, R., Rossi, R., Soprano, V., Sarno, D. & Zingone, A. (2013). A new potentially toxic Azadinium species (Dinophyceae) from the Mediterranean Sea, A. dexteroporum sp. nov. Journal of Phycology 49(5): 950-966, 10 figs, 3 tables.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Azadinium is Azadinium spinosum Elbrächter & Tillmann.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: LTER-MareChiara (40º48' 50"N, 14º15'0"E), Gulf of Naples, Italy (South Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea); (Percopo et al. 2013: 953) Holotype: Fig 2A: marine phytoplankton; SZN Museum; SEM stub N. 2211-5 (Percopo et al. 2013: 953) Notes: Isotype: formalin fixed sample strain SZN-B848, deposited at the SZN Museum.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 December 2013 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 24 February 2020

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Usage note
Likely to be a toxic organism (Lassus et al. 2017). - (18 May 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 June 2025