Ceratocorys mariaovidiorum P.Salgado, S.Fraga, F.Rodríguez, P.Riobó & I.Bravo 2017
Publication Details
Ceratocorys mariaovidiorum P.Salgado, S.Fraga, F.Rodríguez, P.Riobó & I.Bravo 2017: 128, figs 1-5
Published in: Salgado, P., Fraga, S., Rodríguez, F. & Riobó, P. (2017 '2018'). Ceratocorys mariaovidiorum sp. nov. (Gonyaulacales), a new dinoflagellate species previously reported as Protoceratium reticulatum. Journal of Phycology 54(1): 126-137.
Publication date: 29 December 2017
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ceratocorys is Ceratocorys horrida Stein.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pentaplacodinium saltonense K.N.Mertens, Carbonell-Moore, Pospelova & Head.
Source of Synonymy
Mertens, K.N., Carbonell-Moore, M.C., Pospelova, V. & Head, M.J. (2018). Ceratocorys mariaovidiorum P.Salgado, S.Fraga, F.Rodríguez, P.Riobó & I.Bravo is a junior synonym of Pentaplacodinium saltonense K.N.Mertens, M.C.Carbonell-Moore, V.Pospelova & M.J.Head. Notulae Algarum 45: 1-2.
Type Information
Type locality: Salton Sea, CA, USA; (Du et al. 2017: 129) Holotype: hypersaline lake ; Senkenberg Res. Inst. and Nat. Hist. Mus, Center of Excellence for Dinophyte Taxonomy, Germany; SEM-stub CEDiT2017H67 (strain CCMP404) (Du et al. 2017: 128, 129, fig. 1, a-i) Notes: Clonal culture in ME, USA
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 January 2018 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 November 2019
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Taxonomic note
According to Mertens et al. (2018: 1), since "...the same strains (CCMP404 and CCMP1720) were used to describe Pentaplacodinium saltonense (Mertens et al., 2018) and Ceratocorys mariaovidiorum (Salgado et al., 2018) and the holotypes of both species are based essentially on cells from the Salton Sea with identical sequences, we are in no doubt that these two names are synonymous. As priority for the effective date of publication is based on the Version of Record (Art. 30.2 and 30.3, International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants; McNeill et al. 2012), Ceratocorys mariaovidiorum is thus a junior synonym of Pentaplacodinium saltonense." - (30 January 2018) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 November 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 June 2025
