Biology:Ceratoperidinium

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Short description: Genus of single-celled organisms

Ceratoperidinium
Ceratoperidinium margalefii (cropped).jpg
Ceratoperidinium margalefii
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Ceratoperidinium

Margalef ex A.R.Loeblich, III, 1980
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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

Wikidata ☰ Q20676923 entry