Pedinomonas noctilucae (R.Subrahmanyan) B.M.Sweeney 1976
Publication Details
Pedinomonas noctilucae (R.Subrahmanyan) B.M.Sweeney 1976: 463
Published in: Sweeney, B.M. (1976). Pedinomonas noctilucae (Prasinophyceae), the flagellate symbiotic in Noctiluca (Dinophyceae) in Southeast Asia. Journal of Phycology 12(4): 460-464, 6 figs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pedinomonas is Pedinomonas minor Korshikov.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Protoeuglena noctilucae R.Subrahmanyan.
Source of Synonymy
Wang, L., Lin, X., Goes, J.I. & Lin, S. (2016). Phylogenetic analyses of three genes of Pedinomonas noctilucae, the green endosymbiont of the marine dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans, reveal its affiliation to the order Marsupiomonadales (Chlorophyta, Pedinophyceae) under the ueinstated name Protoeuglena noctilucae. Protist 167(2): 205-216, 5 figs, 2 tables.
Basionym
Protoeuglena noctilucae R.Subrahmanyan
Type Information
Type locality: off Calicut, India, endosymbiont in Noctiluca sintillans ; (Subrahmanyan 1954: 123) Lectotype (designated by Wang & al. 2016: 213: fig. 8 in Subrahmanyan 1954: (Wang & al. 2016: 213)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 April 2023
Verification of Data
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Nomenclatural note
Reference in bibliography with name of organism in the title [INA]. - (16 April 2023) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
Endosymbiont of Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney ) Kof. & Swezy (Sriwoon et al. 2008); symbiotic in Noctiluca miliaris Suriray (Sweeney 1976). - (03 May 2012) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 May 2025
