Ceratium limulus (Pouchet) Gourret 1883
Publication details
Ceratium limulus (Pouchet) Gourret 1883: 33
Published in: Gourret, P. (1883). Sur les Péridiniens du Golf de Marseille. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Section du Zoologie 1(Mémoire 8): 5-114, 4 pls.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceratium is Ceratium tetraceras Schrank.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tripos limulus (Pouchet) F.Gómez
Basionym
Ceratium tripos var. limulus Pouchet
Type information
Type locality: France: Marseille (Index Nominum Algarum).
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Tripoceratium Section Limulus
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Nomenclatural notes
Some authors cite the authority as Gourret. Tunin-Ley et al. (2007: table 1) cite the authority as (Gourret ex C.H.G. Pouchet) Gourret. - (8 Sep 2011) - Wendy Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Source of current name
Gómez, F. (2013). Reinstatement of the dinoflagellate genus Tripos to replace Neoceratium, marine species of Ceratium (Dinophyceae, Alveolata). CICIMAR Oceanides 28(1): 1-22.
Key references
Gómez, F., Moreira, D. & López-Garcia, P. (2010). Neoceratium gen. nov., a new genus for all marine species currently assigned to Ceratium (Dinophyceae). Protist 161: 35-54.
Lin Yongshi [Lin, Y.S.] (2009). Flora algarum marinarum sinicarum Tomus VI Pyrrophyta No. I Dinophyceae Ceratiaceae. pp. [i]-xx, 1-93, pls I-XVIII. Beijing: Science Press.
Okolodkov, Y.B. (2010). Ceratium Schrank (Dinophyceae) of the National Park Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, Gulf of Mexico, with a key for identification. Acta Botanica Mexicana 93: 41-101.
Schiller, J. (1937). Dinoflagellatae (Peridineae). In: Dr. L. Rabenhosrst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 2. Aufl. X. Band, 3. Abt. 2. Teil. (Rabenhorst, L. Eds), pp. 321-590, i-vii. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H.
Steidinger, K.A. & Tangen, K. (1996). Dinoflagellates. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 387-584. San Diego: Academic Press.
Tunin-Ley, A., Labat, J.P., Gasparini, S., Mousseau, L. & Lemée, R. (2007). Annual cycle and diversity of species and infraspecific taxa of Ceratium (Dinophyceae) in the Ligurian Sea, northwest Mediterranean. Journal of Phycology 43: 1149-1163.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry
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