MSBIAS taxon details
Prorocentrum Ehrenberg, 1834
109566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109566)
accepted
Genus
- Species Prorocentrum balticum (Lohmann) Loeblich III, 1970
- Species Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenfeld) J.D.Dodge, 1976
- Species Prorocentrum dentatum F.Stein, 1883
- Species Prorocentrum gracile F.Schütt, 1895
- Species Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein, 1878
- Species Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834
- Species Prorocentrum ovum (Schiller) J.D.Dodge, 1975
- Species Prorocentrum rostratum F.Stein, 1883
- Species Prorocentrum scutellum Schröder, 1900
- Species Prorocentrum triestinum J.Schiller, 1918
- Species Prorocentrum compressum (Bailey) T.H.Abé ex J.D.Dodge, 1975 accepted as Tryblionella compressa (J.W.Bailey) M.Poulin, 1990 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum marinum (Cienkowski) Steidinger & Williams ex Head, 1996 accepted as Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein, 1878 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) J.Schiller, 1933 accepted as Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenfeld) J.D.Dodge, 1976
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11]. [details] 
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Prorocentrum Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109566 on 2026-09-22
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Prorocentrum Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109566 on 2026-09-22
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2006-07-10 09:37:28Z
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Camba Reu, Cibran
original description
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11]. [details]
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 Abé, T.H. (1967). The armoured Dinoflagellata: II. Prorocentridae and Dinophysidae (A). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(5): 369-389., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175452 [details] Available for editors
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 Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Muciño-Márquez, R. E.; Figueroa-Torres, M. G.; Gárate-Lizárraga, I. (2011). Nyctemeral variation of the genus Prorocentrum (Dinophyceae) in the coastal lagoon Sontecomapan, Veracruz, Mexico. <em>Revista Electrónica Del Departamento El Hombre Y Su Ambiente.</em> 1, 3-13. [details] Available for editors
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 Wasmund, N.; Dutz, J.; Kremp, A.; Zettler, M. L. (2019). Biological assessment of the Baltic Sea 2018. <em>Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW).</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.12754/msr-2019-0112 [details] Available for editors
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 Abé, T.H. (1967). The armoured Dinoflagellata: II. Prorocentridae and Dinophysidae (A). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(5): 369-389., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175452 [details] Available for editors
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 Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Muciño-Márquez, R. E.; Figueroa-Torres, M. G.; Gárate-Lizárraga, I. (2011). Nyctemeral variation of the genus Prorocentrum (Dinophyceae) in the coastal lagoon Sontecomapan, Veracruz, Mexico. <em>Revista Electrónica Del Departamento El Hombre Y Su Ambiente.</em> 1, 3-13. [details] Available for editors
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 Wasmund, N.; Dutz, J.; Kremp, A.; Zettler, M. L. (2019). Biological assessment of the Baltic Sea 2018. <em>Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW).</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.12754/msr-2019-0112 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Published in AlgaeBase
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prorocentrum)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (045022.jpg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (051004.jpg)
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prorocentrum)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (045022.jpg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (051004.jpg)
To ITIS
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