Fragilidium subglobosum (von Stosch) Loeblich III
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Protozoa
Subkingdom Biciliata
Infrakingdom Alveolata
Phylum Myzozoa
Class Dinophyceae
Subclass Peridiniphycidae
Order Gonyaulacales
Family Pyrophacaceae
Genus Fragilidium
Publication details
Fragilidium subglobosum (von Stosch) Loeblich III 1965
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Fragilidium is Fragilidium heterolobum Balech ex Loeblich III.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Helgolandinium subglobosum von Stosch
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Helgolandinium subglobosum von Stosch 1969
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Fragilidium subglobosum (von Stosch) Loeblich III)
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003).
(as Helgolandinium subglobosum von Stosch)
Europe: Britain (Parke & Dixon 1976).
Source of synonymy
Tomas, C.R., Eds (1996). Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. pp. 1-858. San Diego: Academic Press Inc.
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.
Leaw, C.P., Lim, P.T., Ng, B.K., Cheah, M.Y., Ahmad, A. & Usup, G. (2005). Phylogenetic analysis of Alexandrium species and Pyrodinium bahamense (Dinophyceae) based on theca morphology and nuclear ribosomal gene sequence. Phycologia 44: 550-565.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 02 March 2006 by Wendy Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Skovgaard, A. (1996). Engulfment of Ceratium spp. (Dinophyceae) by the thecate photosynthetic dinoflagellate Fragilidium subglobosum. Phycologia 35: 490-499, 29 figs, 1 table.
