Protoperidinium pyrophorum (Ehrenberg) Pouchet 1883

Publication Details
Protoperidinium pyrophorum (Ehrenberg) Pouchet 1883: 433

Published in: Pouchet, G. (1883). Contribution a l'histoire des Cilio-Flagelles. Journal de l'Anatomie et de la Physiologie Normales et Pathologiques de l'Homme et des Animaux 19: 399-455.

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum (Ehrenberg) Deflandre.

Source of Synonymy
Deflandre, G. (1934). Sur les microfossiles d'origine planctonique conservés à l'état de matière organique dans les sílex de la craie. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 199: 966-968.

Basionym
Peridinium pyrophorum Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: Flint from Delitzsch, Saxony (Upper Cretaceous).; (Sarjeant 1967: 247) Holotype: BHU; Ehrenberg Coll. L II, 6, slide 3 no. 87 (Sarjeant 1967: 247)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 May 2013 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 February 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025