Ceratium longirostrum Gourret 1883

Publication Details
Ceratium longirostrum Gourret 1883: 55, pl. IV [4]: fig. 65

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 longirostrum (Gourret) Hallegraeff & Huisman.

Source of Synonymy
Hallegraeff, G., Eriksen, R., Davies, C., Slotwinski, A., McEnnulty, F., Coman, F., Uribe-Palomino, J., Tonks, M. & Richardson, A. (2020). The marine planktonic dinoflagellate Tripos: 60 years of species-level distributions in Australian waters. Australian Systematic Botany 33: 392-411, 13 figs, 2 tables.

Type Information
Type locality: "Station: vallon des Auffes. Rare" [Gulf of Marseille, Mediterranean France]; (Gourret 1883: 55)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 October 2021

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Taxonomic note
According to Dodge (1982: 223) this species is of the subgenus Amphiceratium - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 May 2025

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