Amphidinium operculatum Claparède & Lachmann 1859
Current name:
Amphidinium operculatum Claparède & Lachmann
Benthic, salt pond, Pennekamp State Park, Key Largo, Florida, USA - 01 April 2023. tfrankov@fiu.edu
Publication Details
Amphidinium operculatum Claparède & Lachmann 1859: 410, pl. 20: figs 9, 10
Published in: Claparède, É. & Lachmann, J. (1859). Études sur les infusoires et les rhizopodes. Mémoires de l'Institut National Genevois 6: 261-482.
Original description: 
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Amphidinium.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Norway coast: Valloe, Christiansand, Bergen fjord, Glesvaer/Glesvear (?); (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 May 2024
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Usage note
Harmful species - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 July 2025
