WoRMS taxon details
Prorocentrum gracile F.Schütt, 1895
110300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110300)
accepted
Species
Prorocentrum diamantinae Wood, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prorocentrum hentschelii Schiller, 1933 · unaccepted
Prorocentrum macrurus Athanassapaulos, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)
Prorocentrum sigmoides Böhm, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
Schütt, F. (1895). Die Peridineen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung, 4: 1-170, 27 pls. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:46699
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:46699 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Prorocentrum gracile F.Schütt, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110300 on 2025-10-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Schütt, F. (1895). Die Peridineen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung, 4: 1-170, 27 pls. [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
basis of record Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. <em>Acta Bot. Croat.</em> 64(1): 129-212. [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
basis of record Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. <em>Acta Bot. Croat.</em> 64(1): 129-212. [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Ji CH. (2001). The ecology and biology of marine cladocerans in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong. PhD thesis. The Chinese University of Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bodungen, B. V.; Jickells, T. D.; Smith, S. R.; Ward, J. A. D. ; Hillier, G. B. (1982). The Bermuda Marine Environment - Volume III The final report of the Bermuda Inshore Waters Investigations 1975-1980. BBSR Special Publication # 18, 3: 123 pp. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source 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]
additional source Chang, F.H.; Charleston, W.A.G.; McKenna, P.B.; Clowes, C.D.; Wilson, G.J.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Myzozoa: dinoflagellates, perkinsids, ellobiopsids, sporozoans, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 175-216. [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., 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., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [details]
additional source Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bodungen, B. V.; Jickells, T. D.; Smith, S. R.; Ward, J. A. D. ; Hillier, G. B. (1982). The Bermuda Marine Environment - Volume III The final report of the Bermuda Inshore Waters Investigations 1975-1980. BBSR Special Publication # 18, 3: 123 pp. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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]
additional source Chang, F.H.; Charleston, W.A.G.; McKenna, P.B.; Clowes, C.D.; Wilson, G.J.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Myzozoa: dinoflagellates, perkinsids, ellobiopsids, sporozoans, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 175-216. [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., 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., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [details]
additional source Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:46699 [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the South China Sea (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Prorocentrum sigmoides Böhm, 1933)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Prorocentrum diamantinae Wood, 1963)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Prorocentrum hentschelii Schiller, 1933)
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Prorocentrum macrurus Athanassapaulos, 1931)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prorocentrum hentschelii Schiller, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prorocentrum diamantinae Wood, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prorocentrum sigmoides Böhm, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prorocentrum gracile)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prorocentrum sigmoides) (from synonym Prorocentrum sigmoides Böhm, 1933)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Prorocentrum sigmoides Böhm, 1933)
To PESI
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Prorocentrum sigmoides Böhm, 1933)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Prorocentrum diamantinae Wood, 1963)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Prorocentrum hentschelii Schiller, 1933)Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Prorocentrum macrurus Athanassapaulos, 1931)To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prorocentrum hentschelii Schiller, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prorocentrum diamantinae Wood, 1963)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Prorocentrum sigmoides Böhm, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prorocentrum gracile)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prorocentrum sigmoides) (from synonym Prorocentrum sigmoides Böhm, 1933)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Prorocentrum sigmoides Böhm, 1933)
To PESI
To ITIS
