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Katodinium Fott, 1857 
AphiaID: 109477

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Alveolata (Infrakingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinozoa (Subphylum) > Dinoflagellata (Infraphylum) > Peridinea (Class) > Gonyaulacoidia (Subclass) > Gymnodiniida (Order) > Gymnodiniaceae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Katodinium nieuportense (Conrad) Fott, 1957
Parent Gymnodiniaceae Lankester, 1885
Synonymised
taxa
  Massartia Conrad, 1926 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Gómez, F., 2005. A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world’s oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64 (1), 129-212. [details] [full text]

additional source: Algaebase, 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]

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 Species Katodinium asymmetricum (Massart) Loeblich, 1965
Species Katodinium auratum Bursa, 1970
Species Katodinium bohemicum (Fott) Litvinenko, 1977
Species Katodinium edax (Schiller) Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium fontinalis C.Bicudo & Skvortzov
Species Katodinium fungiforme (Anissimova) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium galeatum (Conrad & Kufferath) Loeblich, 1965
Species Katodinium glandulum (Herdman) Loeblich, 1965
Species Katodinium glaucum (Lebour) Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium hyperxanthoides (Harris) Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium hyperxanthum (T.M.Harris) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium mazuricum Javornicky, 1965
Species Katodinium molopicum (T.M.Harris) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium monadicum (Perty) Javornicky, 1970
Species Katodinium montanum (Schiller) Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium nieuportense (Conrad) Fott, 1957
Species Katodinium planum (Fott) Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium pluristigmatum P.H.Campbell, 1973
Species Katodinium pratense (Baumeister) Loeblich II
Species Katodinium redekei (Conrad & Kufferath) Loeblich
Species Katodinium ruppiae (Conrad) Loeblich, 1965
Species Katodinium sanctipaulense C.Bicudo & Skvortzov
Species Katodinium schilleri (Woloszynska) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium simile Christen
Species Katodinium spirodinioides Christen, 1961
Species Katodinium stigmaticum (Lindemann) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium thiophilium (Conrad) Loeblich
Species Katodinium tubulatum (Rampi) Sournia, 1973
Species Katodinium uncinatum (Kufferath) Loeblich, 1965
Species Katodinium vernale Christen
Species Katodinium viride Christen

Species Katodinium astigmatum Christen, 1959 accepted as Katodinium stigmaticum (Lindemann) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium austriacum (Schiller) Loeblich III, 1965 accepted as Katodinium fungiforme (Anissimova) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium campylops (T.M.Harris) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965 accepted as Opisthoaulax campylos (T.M.Harris) Calado, 2011
Species Katodinium campylops (Harris) Fott, 1957 accepted as Opisthoaulax campylos (T.M.Harris) Calado, 2011
Species Katodinium crassifilum (Schiller) Loeblich III, 1965 accepted as Katodinium fungiforme (Anissimova) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium dorsalisulcum E.M.Hulbert, J.J.A.McLaughlin & P.A.Zahl, 1960 accepted as In quarantine: not visible on public site
Species Katodinium fastigatum B.Kirschhoff & B.Meyer, 1995 accepted as Opisthoaulax fastigata (B. Kirchhoff & Barbara Meyer) Calado, 2011
Species Katodinium fungiforme Fott, 1957 accepted as Katodinium fungiforme (Anissimova) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium glandula (Herdman) Loeblich, 1965 accepted as Katodinium glandulum (Herdman) Loeblich, 1965
Species Katodinium hiemale (Schiller) Loeblich III, 1965 accepted as Gymnodinium hiemale Woloszynska, 1917
Species Katodinium hyperxanthoides (T.M.Harris) Fott accepted as Katodinium hyperxanthoides (Harris) Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium intermedium Christen, 1959 accepted as Gymnodinium hiemale Woloszynska, 1917
Species Katodinium minutum Sournia, 1973 accepted as Heterocapsa rotundata (Lohmann) G.Hansen, 1995
Species Katodinium musaei (Danysz) Leoblich III, 1965 accepted as Opisthoaulax musei (Danysz) Calado, 2011
Species Katodinium musei (Danysz) Fott, 1957 accepted as Opisthoaulax musei (Danysz) Calado, 2011
Species Katodinium notatum (Skuja) Christen, 1961 accepted as Katodinium woloszynskae (Schiller) Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium piscinale Fott, 1957 accepted as Opisthoaulax piscinale (Fott) Calado, 2011
Species Katodinium pratense (Baumeister) Christen, 1961 accepted as Katodinium pratense (Baumeister) Loeblich II
Species Katodinium ptyrticum (Harris) Loeblich III, 1965 accepted as Katodinium schilleri (Woloszynska) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965
Species Katodinium rotundatum (Lohmann) Loeblich III, 1965 accepted as Heterocapsa rotundata (Lohmann) G.Hansen, 1995
Species Katodinium tetragonops (T.M.Harris) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965 accepted as Opisthoaulax tetragonops (T.M.Harris) Calado, 2011
Species Katodinium tetragonops (Harris) Fott, 1957 accepted as Opisthoaulax tetragonops (T.M.Harris) Calado, 2011
Species Katodinium thiophila (Conrad) Hulburt, McLaughlin, & Zahl accepted as Katodinium thiophilium (Conrad) Loeblich
Species Katodinium vorticellum (F.Stein) A.R.Loeblich III, 1965 accepted as Opisthoaulax vorticella (F. Stein) Calado, 2011
Species Katodinium vorticellum (Stein) Fott, 1957 accepted as Opisthoaulax vorticella (F. Stein) Calado, 2011
Species Katodinium woloszynskae (Schiller) Loeblich III, 1965 accepted as Opisthoaulax woloszynskae (J.Schiller) Calado, 2011
  » Variety Katodinium woloszynskae var. notata (Skuja) Loeblich III, 1965 accepted as Katodinium woloszynskae (Schiller) Loeblich III, 1965
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Notes  Classification: This genus was placed by these authorities in the family Lophodiniidae but according to Algaebase this genus is replaced to the family Gymnodiniaceae. [details]

Publication date: Fott, 1857 [details]

Validity: Recent SEM of several other estuarine dinoflagellates (5-10 µm), which would be characterized as Gymnodinium or Katodinium by light microscopy, reveals that they are armored and have plate patterns and tabulations fitting the Peridiniales, but they lack scales. At least some Katodinium are probably armored. Until the type species is studied in more detail, the placement of Katodinium is in question. [details]
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2010-08-12 12:41:00Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
2012-07-04 13:40:04Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Katodinium Fott, 1857. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109477 on 2013-05-24
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