Glenodinium sanguineum Marchesoni, nom. illeg. 1941

Publication Details
Glenodinium sanguineum Marchesoni, nom. illeg. 1941: 17

Published in: Marchesoni, V. (1941). Sulla posizione sistematica del Glenodinium determinante l'arrossamento del Lago di Tovel . Studi Trent. Sc. Nat. 22: 1-8.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Glenodinium is Glenodinium cinctum Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tovellia sanguinea Moestrup, Gert Hansen, Daugbjerg, G.Flaim & d'Andrea.

Source of Synonymy
Moestrup, O., Hansen, G., Daugbjerg, N., Flaim, G. & d'Andrea, M. (2006). Studies on woloszynskioid dinoflagellates II: On Tovellia sanguinea sp. nov., the dinoflagellate responsible for the reddening of Lake Tovel, N. Italy. European Journal of Phycology 41: 47-65.

Type Information
Type locality: Italy: Trento Prov,: Lago di Tovel [Lake Tovel]; (Moestrup & al. 2006: 55)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), blood-red (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 30 October 2002 by Andy Taylor.

Last updated: 26 October 2018

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: later homonym of Glenodinium sanguineum (Carter) Diesing. - (05 February 2007) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
According to Flaim et al. (2004: 742), there are three dinoflagellates in the plankton of Lake Tovel, Italy that resemble G. sanguineum as described by Baldi (1941). None of these belong to Glenodinium as this genus is defined by Loeblich (1980) and Taylor (1987). They also note that: the name G. sanguineum Marchesoni was illegitimate because it had been used already for a different dinoflagellate by Diesing (1866) [G. sanguineum (Carter) Diesing]; the green and red forms ascribed by Baldi to G . sanguineum belong to at least two different species; the red form is very similar but not identical to W. coronata ; the literature is presently being searched for a name for the green form. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025