Actiniscus pentasterias (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Dinophyta
Class Dinophyceae
Order Actiniscales
Family Actiniscaceae
Genus Actiniscus

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Publication details
Actiniscus pentasterias (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg 1844: 68

Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Actiniscus.

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

Basionym
Dictyota pentasterias Ehrenberg

Type information
Type locality: Norway: Christiania [Oslo] (Silva 1996-to date). Type: Boeck; (Silva 1996-to date Notes: Greece (fossil); Norway: Christiania [Oslo] (living).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Dictyota pentasterias Ehrenberg 1840

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Gymnaster pentasterias Schütt

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Actiniscus pentasterias (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg)
Europe: Britain (Parke & Dixon 1976).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Anon 2011).

North America: Mexico (Hernandez-Becerril & Bravo-Sierra 2004).

Taxonomic notes
Basionym inferred, not cited (INA). - (23 May 2012) - Wendy Guiry

Source of synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..

Key references
Bérard-Therriault, L., Poulin, M. & Bossé, L. (1999). Guide d'identification du phytoplancton marin de l'estuaire et du Golfe du Saint-Laurent incluant également certains protozoaires. Publication Spéciale Canadienne des Sciences Halieutiques et Aquatiques 128: 1-387.

Hansen, G. (1993). Light and electron microscopical observations of the dinoflagellate Actiniscus pentasterias (Dinophyceae). Journal of Phycology 29(4): 486 -499, 55 figs.

Hernandez-Becerril, D.U. & Bravo-Sierra, E. (2004). New records of planktonic dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae) from the Mexican Pacific Ocean. Botanica Marina 47: 417-423.

Parke, M. & Dixon, P.S. (1976). Check-list of British marine algae - third revision. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56: 527-594.

Steidinger, K.A. & Tangen, K. (1996). Dinoflagellates. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 387-584. San Diego: Academic Press.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Actiniscus&species=pentasterias

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Actiniscus&Species=pentasterias

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 23 May 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 914 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Bursa, A. (1969). Actiniscus canadensis n. sp., A. pentasterias Ehrenberg v. arcticus n. var., Pseudactiniscus apentasterias n. gen., n. sp., marine relicts in Canadian Arctic Lakes. Journal of Protozoology 16: 411-418.
Hansen, G. (1993). Light and electron microscopical observations of the dinoflagellate Actiniscus pentasterias (Dinophyceae). Journal of Phycology 29(4): 486 -499, 55 figs.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy 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 20 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:108993