Protopsis Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Holotype species: Protopsis nigra (Pouchet) Kofoid & Swezy
Publication details: Kofoid & Swezy, 1921: 415
Original publication and holotype designation: Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921). The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Memoirs of the University of California 5: i-viii, 1-562.
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Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Dodge, J.D. (1982). Marine dinoflagellates of the British Isles. pp. 1-303, 35 figs, pls I-VIII. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
Comments: Dodge (1982: 115) notes it has recently been suggested by Greuet (1972) that cells designated as Protopsis, which are often found surrounded by a hyaline cyst wall, are in fact stages in the development of Warnowia species. As yet the direct relationship has not been established
Nomenclatural note
Included in Warnowia in some treatments. - (23 May 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 May 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 June 2025
