Amphidinium ovoideum (Lemmermann) Lemmermann 1900
Publication Details
Amphidinium ovoideum (Lemmermann) Lemmermann 1900: 115
Published in: Lemmermann E. (1900). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der planktonalgen VIII Peridiniales aquae dulcis et submarinae. Hedwigia 39: 115-121.
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Amphidinium is Amphidinium operculatum Claparède & Lachmann.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Basionym
Prorocentrum ovoideum Lemmermann
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 November 2024
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Taxonomic note
Taxon of uncetain affinities (Calado & Moestrup, 2005). Moestrup & Calado (2018: 468) note "This taxon was recorded from fresh water in Brazil (Bicudo & Skvortsov 1970). However, the drawings provided by Bicudo & Skvortsov, and reprinted by Popovský & Pfiester (1990, p. 96, fig. 70, a, b), bear little resemblance to Amphidinium ovoideum as drawn by Lemmermann (1896, p. 147, fig. 1), who illustrates one of the marine species with a finger-like epicone, related to Amphidinium operculatum Claparède & J. Lachmann." - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 May 2025
