Melodinium uberrimum (G.J.Allman) Kent 1881

Publication Details
Melodinium uberrimum (G.J.Allman) Kent 1881: 445, pl. 25: figs. 34-35

Published in: Kent, W.S. (1881). A manual of the Infusoria: including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate and tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organisation and affinities of the sponges. Vol. 1(4) pp. 433-472, plates 25-32. London: D. Bogue.

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Publication date: July 1881

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gymnodinium uberrimum (G.J.Allman) Kofoid & Swezy.

Source of Synonymy
Popovsky, J. & Pfiester, L.A. (1990). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Dinophyceae (Dinoflagellida). Vol. 6 pp. 1-272. Jena & Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.

Basionym
Peridinium uberrimum G.J.Allman

Type Information
Type locality: "ponds in the Phoenix Park" [Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland]; (Allman 1855: 25)

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

Created: 23 October 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 15 April 2025

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2025

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