Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein 1878

Current name:
Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein
Marine sample, Alboran Sea; Planapo 63x/1.4, DIC, stitched in Photoshop - 08 May 2020. Forbes Pettigrew
Publication Details
Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein 1878: 70
Published in: Stein, F. von (1878). Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen forschungen in systematischere Reihenfolge bearbeitet. III. Abtheilung. Die Naturgeschichte der Flagellaten oder Geisselinfusorien. I. Hälfte, Den noch nicht abgeschlossenen allgemeinen Theil nebst erklärung: Der sämmtlichen Abbildungen enthaltend. pp. i-x, 1-154, pls I-XXIV. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Prorocentrum is Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Cryptomonas lima Ehrenberg
Type Information
Type locality: Sorrento, Bay of Naples; (Nagahama et al. 2011: 186) Lectotype: Ehrenberg 1873, fig. 25: (Nagahama et al. 2011: 186) Notes: Nagahama et al. (2011: 186) designate an epitype: Sorrento, Bay of Naples, Italy, 11 July 2004, Y. Nagahama, in Nagahama & Fukuyo 2005, fig. 2A.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), file (meaning, a carpenter's tool).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Emended by Nagahama et al. (2011:187).
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 June 2024
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Nomenclatural note
Parke & Dodge in Parke & Dixon (1976: 542), Faust (1990), Laza-Martinez et al. (2011) and Almazán-Becerril et al.(2015) cite the authority as (Ehrenberg) Dodge (1976). According to Nagahama et al. (2011: 185), the authority is (Ehrenberg) F. Stein 1878 and they emend the description. The two authorities are cited in INA. - (13 April 2011) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
References for the following records are given in Nagahama et al. (2011: 187): Italy; Germany; British Isles; French Polynesia, New Caledonia; Ryukyu Islands; Florida: Virgin Islands (UK); Thailand; Spain: Nova Scotia; Puerto Rico; France; Réunion Island; Mayotte Island; Comoros; New Zealand; Heron Island, Australia; Indonesia; Belize; Japan; Panama; Hawaiian Islands; Tasmania; Gulf of Maine; Cuba; Philippines; Europa Island; Mauritius; Argentina; Mexico; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Saipan Island; Bermuda; Tunisia; Malaysia; Greece; Italy; Costa Rica; Queensland. - (13 April 2011) - G.M. Guiry
Usage note
Faust & Gulledge (2002: 61) notes this species is a known to produce a number of toxic substances, including, diarrhetic shellfish poison, prorocentrolide and fast-acting toxin. Harmful species (Lassus et al. 2017). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 February 2025