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Peridinium Ehrenberg, 1830

Meunier (1919, pl. 15)
Meunier (1919, pl. 15)

109549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109549)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Alveolata (Infrakingdom)
  5. Myzozoa (Phylum)
  6. Dinozoa (Subphylum)
  7. Dinoflagellata (Infraphylum)
  8. Dinophyceae (Class)
  9. Peridiniphycidae (Subclass)
  10. Peridiniales (Order)
  11. Peridiniaceae (Family)
  12. Peridinium (Genus)
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  1. Species Peridinium bipes F.Stein, 1883
  2. Species Peridinium cinctum (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg, 1832
  3. Species Peridinium gargantua Biecheler, 1952
  4. Species Peridinium quadridentatum (F.Stein) Gert Hansen, 1995
  5. Species Peridinium willei Huitfeldt-Kaas, 1900
  6. Species Peridinium achromaticum Levander, 1902 accepted as Protoperidinium achromaticum (Levander) Balech, 1974
  7. Species Peridinium breve (Paulsen) Paulsen, 1907 accepted as Protoperidinium pyriforme subsp. breve (Paulsen) Balech, 1988
  8. Species Peridinium brochii Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 accepted as Protoperidinium brochii (Kofoid & Swezy, 1921) Balech, 1974 (synonym)
  9. Species Peridinium compressum (Abé) Nie accepted as Protoperidinium compressum (Abé) Balech, 1974 (synonym)
  10. Species Peridinium conicum (Gran) Ostenfeld & Schmidt, 1902 accepted as Protoperidinium conicum (Gran) Balech, 1974 (Synonym)
  11. Species Peridinium crassipes Kofoid, 1907 accepted as Protoperidinium crassipes (Kofoid, 1907) Balech, 1974 (basionym)
  12. Species Peridinium depressum Bailey, 1854 accepted as Protoperidinium depressum (Bailey, 1854) Balech, 1974 (Synonym)
  13. Species Peridinium diabolus Cleve, 1900 accepted as Protoperidinium diabolus (Cleve, 1900) Balech, 1974 (basionym)
  14. Species Peridinium divergens Ehrenberg, 1840 accepted as Protoperidinium divergens (Ehrenberg) Balech, 1974
  15. Species Peridinium excentricum Paulsen, 1907 accepted as Protoperidinium excentricum (Paulsen, 1907) Balech, 1974 (Synonym)
  16. Species Peridinium foliaceum Biecheler, 1952 accepted as Kryptoperidinium triquetrum (Ehrenberg) U.Tillmann, M. Gottschling, M.Elbrächter, W.-H.Kusber & M.Hoppenrath, 2019 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Peridinium globulus Stein, 1883 accepted as Protoperidinium quarnerense (B.Schröder, 1900) Balech, 1974 (synonym)
  18. Species Peridinium granii Ostenfeld, 1907 accepted as Protoperidinium granii (Ostenfeld) Balech, 1974 (synonym)
  19. Species Peridinium latum Paulsen, 1908 accepted as Kolkwitziella acuta (Apstein) Elbrächter, 1993
  20. Species Peridinium leonis Pavillard, 1916 accepted as Protoperidinium leonis (Pavillard, 1916) Balech, 1974 (Synonym)
  21. Species Peridinium ovatum (Pouchet) F.Schütt, 1895 accepted as Protoperidinium ovatum Pouchet, 1883 (Synonym)
  22. Species Peridinium pallidum Ostenfeld, 1900 accepted as Protoperidinium pallidum (Ostenfeld, 1899) Balech, 1973 (synonym)
  23. Species Peridinium paulsenii Mangin, 1911 accepted as Preperidinium meunieri (Pavillard) Elbrächter, 1993 (synonym)
  24. Species Peridinium pellucidum (Bergh) Schütt, 1895 accepted as Protoperidinium pellucidum Bergh, 1882 (synonym)
  25. Species Peridinium quinquecorne T.H.Abé, 1927 accepted as Peridinium quadridentatum (F.Stein) Gert Hansen, 1995
  26. Species Peridinium steini Jörgensen, 1899 accepted as Protoperidinium steinii (Jørgensen, 1899) Balech, 1974 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1830). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Organisation der Infusorien und ihrer geographischen Verbreitung, besonders in Sibirien. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1830: 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.143632 [details] OpenAccess publication
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). Peridinium Ehrenberg, 1830. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109549 on 2026-08-24
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Peridinium Ehrenberg, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109549 on 2026-08-24
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2018-10-19 07:15:48Z
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original description Ehrenberg, C.G. (1830). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Organisation der Infusorien und ihrer geographischen Verbreitung, besonders in Sibirien. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1830: 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.143632 [details] OpenAccess publication

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] OpenAccess publication

additional source Abé, T.H. (1981). Studies on the family Peridinidae, an unfinished monograph on the armoured Dinoflagellata. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. Special Publication Series.</em> 6: 1-409., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/176462 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Balech, E. (1964). Tercera contribución al conocimiento del género Peridinium. <em>Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (Hidrobiología).</em> 1(6): 179-195, 3 pl. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [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] 

additional source Steidinger, K. A.; Balech, E. (1977). Scrippsiella subsalsa (Ostenfeld) comb. nov. (Dinophyceae) with a discussion on Scrippsiella*. <em>Phycologia.</em> 16(1): 69-73., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-16-1-69.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [details] 
 
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