Melodinium Kent, 1881
Holotype species: Melodinium uberrimum (G.J.Allman) Kent
Publication details: Kent, 1881: 440
Currently accepted name for the type species: Gymnodinium uberrimum (G.J.Allman) Kofoid & Swezy
Original publication and holotype designation: 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.
Request PDFThe most recent alteration to this page was made on 2025-04-15 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gymnodinium.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as neuter.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kawai, H. & Nakayama, T. (2015). Introduction (Heterokontobionta p.p.), Cryptophyta, Dinophyta, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta (except Coscinodiscophyceae, Mediophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae), Chlorarachniophyta, Euglenophyta. In: Syllabus of plant families. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Ed. 13. Phototrophic eukaryotic Algae. Glaucocystophyta, Cryptophyta, Dinophyta/Dinozoa, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta/Ochrophyta, Chlorarachnniophyta/Cercozoa, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta p.p. (Frey, W. Eds), pp. 11-64, 103-139. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers.
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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 04 June 2025
