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Peridinium conicum (Gran) Ostenfeld & Schmidt, 1902 
AphiaID: 156517

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Alveolata (Infrakingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinozoa (Subphylum) > Dinoflagellata (Infraphylum) > Peridinea (Class) > Peridinoidia (Subclass) > Peridiniida (Order) > Peridiniaceae (Family) > Peridinium (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Protoperidinium conicum (Gran) Balech, 1974 †
Rank Species
Parent Peridinium Ehrenberg, 1832
Sources  basis of record: 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: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

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Forma Peridinium conicum f. islandica Braarud, 1935 accepted as Protoperidinium thulesense (Balech) Balech, 1973
Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
Lombardsijde [details]
Nieuwpoort [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: general for group: both heterotrophic (eat other organisms) and autotrophic (photosynthetic) [details]

Habitat: pelagic [details]

Importance: General: known for producing dangerous toxins, particularly when in large numbers, called "red tides" because the cells are so abundant they make water change color. Also they can produce non-fatal or fatal amounts of toxins in predators (particularly shellfish) that may be eaten by humans. [details]

Predators: marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details]

Reproduction: general for group: both sexual and asexual [details]
Images 
Meunier (1919, pl. 17)
Meunier (1919, pl. 17)
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Meunier (1919, pl. 21)
Meunier (1919, pl. 21)
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Meunier (1910, pl. 01)
Meunier (1910, pl. 01)
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Meunier (1910, pl. 03)
Meunier (1910, pl. 03)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156517
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-19 11:58:45Z  created  Claus, Simon
2005-07-05 09:59:09Z  changed  Braeckman, Ulrike
2012-10-23 12:06:30Z  checked  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Peridinium conicum (Gran) Ostenfeld & Schmidt, 1902. 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=156517 on 2013-05-19
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