Peridinium apiculatum (Ehrenberg) Claparède & Lachmann 1859

Palatinus apiculatus (Ehrenberg) Craveiro, Calado, Daugbjerg & Moestrup

Current name: Palatinus apiculatus (Ehrenberg) Craveiro, Calado, Daugbjerg & Moestrup
Prox. Comment welcome. Yardley Chase, Northamptonshire,UK - 20 May 2017. C.F.Carter (chris.Carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com

Publication Details
Peridinium apiculatum (Ehrenberg) Claparède & Lachmann 1859: 404

Published in: Claparède, É. & Lachmann, J. (1859). Études sur les infusoires et les rhizopodes. Mémoires de l'Institut National Genevois 6: 261-482.

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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 Palatinus apiculatus (Ehrenberg) Craveiro, Calado, Daugbjerg & Moestrup .

Basionym
Glenodinium apiculatum Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: near Berlin, Germany; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), ending abruptly in a sharp point or apiculum (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 21 December 2009 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 November 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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