Peridinium furca Ehrenberg 1834

Tripos furca (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez

Current name: Tripos furca (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez
Close up of a theca showing robust thecal plates.Geogina McDermott (robin.raine@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Peridinium furca Ehrenberg 1834: 270

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII.

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Publication date: Effective date: Mai 1834

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Peridinium is Peridinium cinctum (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tripos furca (Ehrenberg) 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: Germany: Kiel ; (INA 1996) Type: 24.xi.1832; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), fork (Brown 1946).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 08 October 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 03 December 2019

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