Amphidinium aeschrum T.M.Harris 1940
Publication Details
Amphidinium aeschrum T.M.Harris 1940: 18, fig. 6
Published in: Harris, T.M. (1940). A contribution to the knowledge of the British freshwater Dinoflagellata. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 152: 1-33.
Publication date: February 1940
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Amphidinium is Amphidinium operculatum Claparède & Lachmann.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gymnodinium aeschrum (T.H.Harris) Moestrup.
Type Information
Type locality: "Thames lock (eutrophic) at Mapledurham, 1° 2' 12" W., 51° 29' 3" N., June 1936." [Oxfordshire, England]; (Harris 1940: 18)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 May 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
