Ceratoperidinium

Ceratoperidinium
Ceratoperidinium margalefii
Scientific classification
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Dinoflagellata
Class:	Dinophyceae
Order:	Gymnodiniales
Family:	Ceratoperidiniaeceae
Genus:	Ceratoperidinium Margalef ex A.R.Loeblich, III, 1980
Species
Ceratoperidinium falcatum Ceratoperidinium margalefii

Ceratoperidinium is a genus of dinoflagellates in the order Gymnodiniales. ^[1] The genus contains two species. ^[2] It was first created in 1969 by Margalef, with Ceratoperidinium yeye as the type species. However, because it was not correctly described it was considered invalid, as was C. yeye. ^[3] In 1980, Lobelich III described the genus as Ceratoperidinium Margalef ex Loeblich III, renaming C. yeye as C. margalefii. ^[3] In 2014, Gyrodinium falcatum was reassigned to Ceratoperidinium based on genetic analysis. ^[3]

References

1. "Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
2. "World Register of Marine Species". www.marinespecies.org/. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
3. Reñé, Albert; de Salas, Miguel; Camp, Jordi; Balagué, Vanessa; Garcés, Esther (2013-09-01). "A New Clade, Based on Partial LSU rDNA Sequences, of Unarmoured Dinoflagellates" (PDF). Protist. 164 (5): 673–685. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2013.07.002. hdl: 10261/83104 . ISSN   1434-4610. PMID   23933594.