Amphidinium rotundatum Lohmann 1908
Publication Details
Amphidinium rotundatum Lohmann 1908: 261, pl. 17: fig. 9
Published in: Lohmann, H. (1908). Untersuchungen zur Feststellung des vollständigen Gehaltes des Meeres an Plankton. Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen. Abteilung Kiel, Neue Folge 10(1): 129-370, 22 figures, plates 9-17.
Publication date: 1908
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Amphidinium is Amphidinium operculatum Claparède & Lachmann.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Heterocapsa rotundata (Lohmann) Gert Hansen.
Source of Synonymy
Hansen, G. (1995). Analysis of the thecal plate pattern in the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa rotundata (Lohmann) comb. nov. (= Katodinium rotundatum (Lohmann) Loeblich). Phycologia 34(2): 166-170, 19 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Baltic Sea near Kiel, Germany; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), almost circular, with length breadth ratio of about 6 to 5 (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 May 2025
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 May 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025
