Prorocentrum marinum var. lima (Ehrenberg) Krachmalny 1993
Current name:
Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein
Estepona, Malaga province, Spain; Imaged with a Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, 45µm length, stacked in Photoshop, Marine sample, Alboran Sea. - 01 August 2019. Forbes Pettigrew
Publication Details
Prorocentrum marinum var. lima (Ehrenberg) Krachmalny 1993: 88
Published in: Krakhmalny, A.F. [Krachmalny, A.F.] (1993). [New taxonomic and nomenclature combinations in Dinophyta]. Algologia 3(4): 87-88, no fig. [in Russian]
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Prorocentrum is Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein.
Basionym
Cryptomonas lima Ehrenberg
Type Information
Type locality: Sorrento, Bay of Naples; (Nagahama et al. 2011: 186) Lectotype: Ehrenberg 1873, fig. 25: (Nagahama et al. 2011: 186) Notes: Nagahama et al. (2011: 186) designate an epitype: Sorrento, Bay of Naples, Italy, 11 July 2004, Y. Nagahama, in Nagahama & Fukuyo 2005, fig. 2A.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), growing in the sea (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 August 2018 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 August 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
