Amphidinium kofoidii Herdman 1922
Publication Details
Amphidinium kofoidii Herdman 1922: 26, fig. 2
Published in: Herdman, E.C. (1922 '1921'). Notes on dinoflagellates and other organisms causing discolouration of the sand at Port Erin II. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 36: 15-30, 9 figures and map.
Request PDFType 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 Pseudadenoides kofoidii (Herdman) F.Gómez, R. Onuma, Artigas & Horiguchi.
Source of Synonymy
Gómez, F., Onuma, R., Artigas, L.F. & Horiguchi, T. (2015). A new definition of Adenoides eludens, an unusual marine sand-dwelling dinoflagellate without cingulum, and Pseudadenoides kofoidii gen. & comb. nov. for the species formerly known as Adenoides eludens. European Journal of Phycology 50(2): 125-138.
Type Information
Type locality: beach at Port Erin, Isle of Man; (INA 1996) Type: fig. 2 (Herdman, 1922: 26): fig. 60 (epitype) (Gómez et al. 2015: 133) Notes: at about level of low water neap tides.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 August 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
Last updated: 17 April 2018
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Nomenclatural note
[Balech (1956: 30) cited Amphidinium eludens (1922, fig. 1) as the basionym of the type of Adenoide while he described and illustrated 'Amphidinium kofoidii Herdman 1922: fig. 2' as Adnoides eludens]. - (17 April 2018) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025
