Peridinium sphaericum Athanassopoulos, nom. illeg. 1931
Publication Details
Peridinium sphaericum Athanassopoulos, nom. illeg. 1931: 5, fig. 6
Published in: Athanassopoulos, G. (1931). Microfaune du Golfe de Salonique, etc. Bulletin de l’Institut Océanographique (Fondation Albert Ier, Prince de Monaco) 588: 1-26, 38 figures.
Request PDFPublication date: 20 December 1931
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Peridinium is Peridinium cinctum (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Type Information
Type locality: "golfe de Salonique" [Gulf of Salonika, Greece]; (Athanassopoulos 1931: 5)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), globose, spherical (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 March 2021 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
Last updated: 28 March 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2024
