Ceratium macroceros (Ehrenberg) Vanhöffen
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Dinophyta
Class Dinophyceae
Order Gonyaulacales
Family Ceratiaceae
Genus Ceratium
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© Geogina McDermott (robin.raine@nuigalway.ie).
Ireland. Robin Raine. © Robin Raine (Robin.Raine@nuigalway.ie).
Live cell. © Robin Raine (Robin.Raine@nuigalway.ie).
Both antapical horns start by coming down and then bend round 180 degrees to become parallel with apical horn.. © Geogina McDermott (robin.raine@nuigalway.ie).
Publication details
Ceratium macroceros (Ehrenberg) Vanhöffen 1897: 310, pl. 5, fig. 10
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceratium is Ceratium tetraceros Schrank.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Peridinium macroceros Ehrenberg
Basionym
Peridinium macroceros Ehrenberg
Type information
Type locality: Baltic Sea (Silva 1996-to date). Type: Dr. Michaelis; (Silva 1996-to date
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Ceratium macroceros (Ehrenberg) Vanhöffen)
Europe: Britain (Parke & Dixon 1976), Croatia (Vilicic et al. 2009 
), France (Tunin-Ley et al. 2007), Ireland (McDermott & Raine 2006).
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Anon 2011).
North America: Nova Scotia (Kim, Garbary & McLachlan 2004).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Chang et al. 2012).
Taxonomic notes
According to Dodge (1982: 223) this species is of the sub-genus Orthoceratium
Source of synonymy
Steidinger, K.A. & Tangen, K. (1996). Dinoflagellates. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 387-584. San Diego: Academic Press.
Key references
Dodge, J.D. (1982). Marine dinoflagellates of the British Isles. pp. 1-303. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
Gómez, F., Moreira, D. & López-Garcia, P. (2010). Neoceratium gen. nov., a new genus for all marine species currently assigned to Ceratium (Dinophyceae). Protist 161: 35-54.
Kim, K.Y., Garbary D.J. & McLachlan, J.L. (2004). Phytoplankton dynamics in Pomquet Harbour, Nova Scotia: a lagoon in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Phycologia 43: 311-328.
McDermott, G. & Raine, R. (2006). The dinoflagellate genus Ceratium in Irish shelf seas. pp. [viii] + 1-86, 31 figs. Galway: Martin Ryan Institute.
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.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Ceratium&species=macroceros
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=Ceratium&Species=macroceros
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 12 October 2011 by Wendy Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 2153 times since it was created.
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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 19 June 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:47117
