Noctiluca scintillans

Noctiluca scintillans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilucales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: Tsar Cladus: Sar Infraregnum: Alveolata Phylum: Myzozoa Subphylum: Dinozoa Infraphylum: Dinoflagellata Classis: Dinophyceae Ordo: Noctilucales

Familia: Noctilucaceae
Genus: Noctiluca
Species: N. scintillans

Name

Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921

Synonyms

• Medusa scintillans Macartney, 1810
• Noctiluca miliaris Suriray in Lamarck 1816: 470.

References

Primary references

• Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. 1921. The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Memoirs of the University of California 5: i–viii, 1–562. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gómez, F., 2005. A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world’s oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64 (1), 129-212.

Vernacular names

English: Sea Sparkle
中文: 夜光藻

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