Prorocentrum borbonicum Ten-Hage, Turquet, Quod, Puiseux-Dao & Couté 2000
Publication Details
Prorocentrum borbonicum Ten-Hage, Turquet, Quod, Puiseux-Dao & Couté 2000: 297, 298, figs 2-12 [type: fig. 5]
Published in: Ten-Hage, L., Turquet, J., Quod, J.-P., Puiseux-Dao, S. & Couté, A. (2001 '2000'). Prorocentrum borbonicum sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), a new toxic benthic dinoflagellate from the southwestern Indian Ocean. Phycologia 39: 296-301.
Request PDFPublication date: February 7 2001
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Prorocentrum is Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: La Réunion Island, southwest Indian Ocean; (Ten-Hage, Turquet, Quod, Puiseux-Dao & Couté 2001: 297) Holotype: fig. 5: March 1996; associated with algal turfs and coral rubble; (Ten-Hage, Turquet, Quod, Puiseux-Dao & Couté 2001: 297, 296) Notes: Isotype: fig. 6.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 June 2024
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Habitat note
Coral reef habitat: water temp. 23.3 to 29.0ºC, salinity 34.7 to 35.2 parts per thousand; exposed to strong wave action; area dominated by branching corals (Ten-Hage et al., 2000). - (30 September 2011) - G.M. Guiry
Usage note
Harmful species (Ten-Hage et al. 2001; Lassus et al. 2017). - (22 May 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025
