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WoRMS taxon details

Dinophyceae

AphiaID

19542 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:19542)

Classification

Authority

Fritsch, 1927

Status

accepted

Rank

Class

Parent

Dinoflagellata

Synonymised names

Dinoflagellida · unaccepted (synonym)

Dinomastigota · unaccepted

Dinophyta · unaccepted

Pyrrophyta · unaccepted

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Order Actiniscales
Order Amphidiniales
Order Amphilothales
Order Blastodiniales
Order Brachidiniales
Order Coccidiniales
Order Dinophysales
Order Gloeodiniales
Order Gymnodiniales
Order Lophodiniales
Order Noctilucales
Order Oxyrrhinales
Subclass Peridiniphycidae
Order Phytodiniales
Order Prorocentrales
Order Pyrocystales
Order Suessiales
Order Syndiniales
Order Thoracosphaerales
Order Torodiniales
Order Tovelliales
Order Brachydiniales accepted as Brachidiniales (Spelling variation)
Subclass Dinophycidae (disused)
Order Dinophysiales accepted as Dinophysales
Subclass Ebriophycidae (disused)
Subclass Ellobiophycidae (disused)
Order Thalassomycetales (disused)
Order Dinophyceae incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Dinophyceae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=19542 on 2025-03-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2006-07-07 08:49:35Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2008-10-22 09:06:10Z

checked

Guiry, Michael D.

2010-01-27 14:31:30Z

changed

Appeltans, Ward

2010-02-01 12:13:35Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2010-10-11 13:59:22Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2012-01-06 13:20:47Z

changed

Gordon, Dennis

2013-11-19 10:27:05Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record 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]