Ceratium paradoxides Cleve 1900

Publication Details
Ceratium paradoxides Cleve 1900: 15, pl. VII [7]: fig. 14

Published in: Cleve, P.T. (1900). Notes on some Atlantic plankton-organisms. Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 34(1): 1-22, 8 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceratium is Ceratium tetraceras Schrank.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tripos paradoxides (Cleve) F.Gómez.

Source of Synonymy
Gómez, F. (2013). Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceánides 28(1): 1-22.

Type Information
Type locality: Newfoundland Banks; Azores; Canaries; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 August 2018

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Nomenclatural note
Gomez et al. (2020: 43) cite C. paradoxoides as a representative species of the subgenus Tripoceratium and section Limulus. Presumably, this was an error and C. paradoxides was intended. - (19 October 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025

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