Protoperidinium divergens (Ehrenberg) Balech 1974

Publication Details
Protoperidinium divergens (Ehrenberg) Balech 1974: 60

Published in: Balech, E. (1974). El género "Protoperidinium" Bergh, 1881 ("Peridinium" Ehrenberg, 1831, partim). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales: Hidrobiología 4(1): 1-79, 31 figures.

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Publication date: June 1974

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Protoperidinium is Protoperidinium pellucidum Bergh.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Peridinium divergens Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: Baltic Sea; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), divergent, going different ways (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 06 August 2024

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Taxonomic note
Dodge (1982: 167) notes this species is of the sub-genus Protoperidinium, group Metaperidinium and section Humilia - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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