Amphidinium elenkinii

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Protozoa () - (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858 - Protozoa
  - Subkingdom: Biciliata ()
    - Infrakingdom: Alveolata () - Cavalier-Smith, 1991
      - Phylum: Myzozoa () - Cavalier-Smith & Chao, 2004
        Subphylum: Dinozoa ()
        Infraphylum: Dinoflagellata ()
        Class: Dinophyceae () - (B�tschli, 1885) Pascher, 1914
        Subclass: Gymnodiniphycidae () - Fensome Et Al., 1993b
        Order: Gymnodiniales () - Apstein, 1909
        Family: Gymnodiniaceae () - (Bergh, 1881a) Lankester, 1885
        Genus: Amphidinium ()
        Specific descriptor: elenkinii - Skvortsov
        Scientific name: - Amphidinium elenkinii Skvortsov

Unambiguous Synonyms

Amphidinium elenkinii Skvortsov
Amphidinium gyrinum T.M. Harris
Amphidinium hyalinum Entz
Amphidinium larvale Lindemann
Amphidinium lohamari Skuja
Amphidinium luteum Skuja
Amphidinium skujae Christen
Amphidinium tatrae Woloszynska
Amphidinium tatrae forma achromaticum Woloszynska
Amphidinium tenagodes T.M. Harris
Amphidinium turicense Huber-Pestalozzi
Gymnodinium rarum Litvinenko

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D..

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Amphidinium

There are approximately 115 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. acutissimum · A. acutum · A. amphidinioides · A. amphidinoides · A. belauense · A. bipes · A. boggayum · A. bourrellyi · A. britannicum · A. carbunculus · A. carterae · A. carteri · A. celestinum · A. chattonii · A. coeruluem · A. conradii · A. conus · A. corallinum · A. corpulentum · A. corrugatum · A. crassum · A. cristatum · A. cryophilum · A. curvatum · A. cyaneoturbo · A. discoidale · A. dubium · A. elegans · A. elenkinii · A. eludens · A. emarginatum · A. extensum · A. flagellans · A. flagellum · A. flexum · A. geitleri · A. gibbosum · A. glabrum · A. glaucum · A. globosum · A. gyrinum · A. hadai (Panamic Green Moray) · A. herdmanii · A. hoefleri · A. hofleri · A. hyalinum · A. incoloratum · A. inflatum · A. kesselitzii · A. kesslitzi · A. klebsii · A. kofoidi · A. kofoidii · A. lacunarum · A. lacustre · A. lacustriforme · A. lanceolatum · A. larvale · A. latum · A. lilloense · A. lohamari · A. longum · A. luteum · A. macrocephalum · A. mammillatum · A. manannini · A. massartii · A. microcephalum · A. mootonorum · A. mucicolum · A. operculatum · A. ornithocephalum · A. ovoideum · A. ovum · A. pelagicum · A. pellucidum · A. phaeocysticola · A. phthartum · A. poecilochroum · A. prismaticum · A. psammophilum · A. pseudogalbanum · A. psittacus · A. purpureum · A. radiatum · A. redekei · A. rhynchocephalum · A. rotundatum · A. salinum · A. schroderi · A. scissoides · A. scissum · A. semilunatum · A. skujae · A. sphagnicola · A. sphenoides · A. steinii · A. stellatum · A. stigmatum · A. sulcatum

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Contributors

AlgaeBase, 3.0, 2004.
Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 4, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal May 14, 2008:

Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3927653
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13283413
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2912812