Protoceratium reticulatum (Claparède & Lachmann) Bütschli 1885

Publication Details
Protoceratium reticulatum (Claparède & Lachmann) Bütschli 1885: 1007, pl. 52: fig. 2

Published in: Bütschli, O. (1885). II. Abtheilung: Mastigophora. In: Dr. H.G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Ester Band Protozoa. ( Eds), pp. 865-1088. Leipzig & Heidelberg: C.F. Winter'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Protoceratium is Protoceratium aceros Bergh.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Peridinium reticulatum Claparède & Lachmann

Type Information
Type locality: Norway: Bergen fjord; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), reticulate, netted, marked with a network (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 26 June 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 June 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 September 2023

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