North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

WoRMS taxon details

Prorocentraceae Stein, 1883

AphiaID

109442 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109442)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Prorocentrales

Synonymised names

Prorocentridae · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (6)

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Genus Dinopyxis F.Stein, 1883
Genus Mesoporos Lillick, 1937
Genus Plagiodinium M.A.Faust & Balech, 1993
Genus Prorocentrum Ehrenberg, 1834
Genus Exuviaella Cienkowski, 1881 accepted as Prorocentrum Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonym)
Genus Mesoporus accepted as Mesoporos Lillick, 1937 (spelling variation)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Prorocentraceae Stein, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109442 on 2024-12-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2006-07-10 09:37:28Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2011-07-29 07:04:15Z

checked

Guiry, Michael D.

2012-01-06 12:46:57Z

changed

Gordon, Dennis

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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basis of record Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. <em>Acta Bot. Croat.</em> 64(1): 129-212. [details]

additional source Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	プロロケントルム科	[details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prorocentraceae)
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