Acanthogonyaulax spinifera (Murray & Whitting) H.W.Graham

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Dinophyta
Class Dinophyceae
Order Gonyaulacales
Family Gonyaulacaceae
Genus Acanthogonyaulax

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Publication details
Acanthogonyaulax spinifera (Murray & Whitting) H.W.Graham 1942: 53

Original publication: Graham, H.W. (1942). Studies in the morphology, taxonomy, and ecology of the Peridiniales. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 542: 1-129.

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

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

Basionym
Ceratocorys spinifera Murray & Whitting

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), spine-bearing (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ceratocorys spinifera Murray & Whitting 1899

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Acanthogonyaulax spinifera (Murray & Whitting) H.W.Graham)
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Anon 2011).

Key references
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=Acanthogonyaulax&species=spinifera

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=Acanthogonyaulax&Species=spinifera

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 22 May 2003 by Mairead Murphy

Verified by: 21 December 2008 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 491 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=60093

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
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:41781