Amphidinium extensum Wulff
Publication details
Amphidinium extensum Wulff 1919: 104, pl. I [1]: fig. 8
Published in: Wulff, A. (1919). Ueber das Kleinplankton der Barentssee. Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen in Kiel 13(Heft 1): 95-125, 3 figs, 4 pls.
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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 Kapelodinium vestifici (Schütt) Boutrup, Moestrup & Daugbjerg
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), stretched out, extended (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: Barentssee (Silva 1996-to date).
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Source of current name
Boutrup, P.V., Moestrup, Ø., Tillmann, U. & Daugbjerg, M (2016). Katodinium glaucum (Dinophyceae) revisited: proposal of new genus, family and order based on ultrastructure and phylogeny. Phycologia 55(2): 147-164.
Key references
Schiller, J. (1932). Dinoflagellatae (Peridineae). In: Dr. L. Rabenhosrst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 2. Aufl. 10. Bd 3. Abt. 1 Teil. (Kolkwitz, R. Eds), pp. 257-432. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H.
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