Amphidinium sphagnicola Conrad
Publication details
Amphidinium sphagnicola Conrad 1943: 2, fig. 1; pl. I [1]: fig. 3 (as 'sphagnicolum' )
Published in: Conrad, W. (1943). Notes Protistologiques XXX. Sur quelques organismes sphagnicoles. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 19: 1-4.
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Type 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 Gymnodinium sphagnicola (W.Conrad) Moestrup & Calado
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Taxonomic notes
Uncertain affinities (Calado & Moestrup, 2005).
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
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Source of current name
Moestrup, Ø. & Calado, A.J. (2018). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Freshwater Flora of Central Europe, Volume 6: Dinophyceae. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-560, 421 figs. Berlin: Springer Spektrum.
Key references
Calado, A.J. & Moestrup, Ø. (2005). On the freshwater dinoflagelllates presently included in the genus Amphidinium, with a description of Prosoaulax gen. nov. Phycologia 44: 112-119.
Popovsky, J. & Pfiester, L.A. (1990). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Vol. 6. Dinophyceae (Dinoflagellida). pp. 1-272. Jena & Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.
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