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Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 
AphiaID: 109921

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Alveolata (Infrakingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinozoa (Subphylum) > Dinoflagellata (Infraphylum) > Noctilucea (Class) > Noctilucida (Order) > Noctilucaceae (Family) > Noctiluca (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Noctiluca Suriray, 1836
Parent Noctiluca Suriray, 1836
Synonymised
taxa
  Mammaria scintillans Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonym)
Medusa marina Slabber, 1771 (synonym)
Medusa scintillans Macartney, 1810
Noctiluca marina Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonym)
Noctiluca miliaris Suriray, 1816 (Basionym)
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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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]

additional source: 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 (from synonym): TMAP - Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program database, available online at http://www.waddensea-secretariat.org/TMAP/Monitoring.html [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch zeevonk  [details]
English sea sparkle  [details]
French noctiluque (from synonym)  [details]
Swedish mareld  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Bulgarian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Georgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Lombardsijde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Nieuwpoort (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Ramisi [details]
Romanian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Russian part of the Black Sea [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Vanga [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
PlanktonNet Image
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (115 nucleotides; 105 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Slabber (1778, pl. 08)
Slabber (1778, pl. 08)
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Meunier (1919, pl. 23)
Meunier (1919, pl. 23)
added on 2008-07-18 - author: A. Meunier
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zeevonk
zeevonk
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zeevonk
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zeevonk
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zeevonk
zeevonk
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zeevonk
zeevonk
added on 2010-09-27 - author: Van Ginderdeuren, Karl
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zeevonk
zeevonk
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109921
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Brandt, Sue
2005-06-17 09:14:02Z  changed  Claus, Simon
2006-07-26 11:37:58Z  changed  Camba Reu, Cibran
2010-01-15 07:09:15Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
2010-12-13 10:09:16Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921. 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=109921 on 2013-06-20
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