Peridinium aciculiferum Lemmermann 1900

Publication Details
Peridinium aciculiferum Lemmermann 1900: 28, no fig.

Published in: Lemmermann, E. (1900). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Planktonalgen. III. Neue Schwebalgen aus der Umgegend von Berlin. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 18: 24-32.

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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 Apocalathium aciculiferum (Lemmermann) Craveiro, Daugbjerg, Moestrup & Calado.

Source of Synonymy
Craveiro, S.C., Daugbjerg, N., Moestrup, Ø; & Calado, A.J. (2016). Studies on Peridinium aciculiferum and Peridinium malmogiense (=Scrippsiella hangoei): comparison with Chimonodinium lomnickii and description of Apocalathium gen. nov. (Dinophyceae). Phycologia 56(1): 21-35, 54 fig.

Type Information
Type locality: Havelsee bei Moorlake, near Berlin; (INA 1996) Neotype: Fig. 9. Figs 8, 10 and 11 complement Fig. 9: (Craveiro & al. 2016 '2017': 32, 33)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 May 2022

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Taxonomic note
Evolutionarily related to the so-called Pfiesteria-like species (Leblond et al., 2006). - (13 October 2016) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 March 2025

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