Protoperidinium conicum (Gran) Balech 1974

Publication Details
Protoperidinium conicum (Gran) Balech 1974: 58

Published in: Balech, E. (1974). El género "Protoperidinium" Bergh, 1881 ("Peridinium" Ehrenberg, 1831, partim). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales: Hidrobiología 4(1): 1-79, 31 figures.

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Publication date: June 1974

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Protoperidinium is Protoperidinium pellucidum Bergh.

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

Basionym
Peridinium divergens var. conicum Gran

Type Information
Type locality: coast of Norway; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), cone-shaped.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 August 2024

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Nomenclatural note
Paleontological name: Selenopemphix quanta (M.R. Bradford) Matsuoka (Balkis et al., 2016). - (16 June 2016) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic notes
Okolodkov (2005: 286) cites Peridinium conicum Gran, 1902: 189, fig. 14 as the basionym of Protoperidinium conicum (Gran) Balech, 1974. - (02 October 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Dodge (1982: 166) notes this species is of the sub-genus Protoperidinium, group Orthoperidinium and section Conica - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2025

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