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Actiniscus pentasterias (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg, 1844 
AphiaID: 109717

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Alveolata (Infrakingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinozoa (Subphylum) > Dinoflagellata (Infraphylum) > Peridinea (Class) > Actiniscida (Order) > Actiniscaceae (Family) > Actiniscus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Actiniscus Ehrenberg, 1841
Synonymised
taxa
  Dictyota pentasterias Ehrenberg, 1840
Gymnaster pentasterias Schütt (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: 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: Steidinger, K. A., M. A. Faust, and D. U. Hernández-Becerril. 2009. Dinoflagellates (Dinoflagellata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 131–154 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

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. (look up in IMIS[details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links PlanktonNet Image
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
PlanktonNet Image  
PlanktonNet Image
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109717
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Brandt, Sue
2006-07-20 06:41:05Z  changed  Camba Reu, Cibran
2011-03-17 11:26:48Z  checked  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Actiniscus pentasterias (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg, 1844. 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=109717 on 2013-05-22
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