Pronoctiluca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilucales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Chromista Subregnum: Harosa Infraregnum: Alveolata Phylum: Myzozoa Subphylum: Dinozoa Infraphylum: Dinoflagellata Classis: Dinophyceae Ordo: Noctilucales

Familia: Protodiniferaceae
Genus: Pronoctiluca
Species (5): P. acuta – P. pelagica – P. phaeocysticola – P. rostrata – P. spinifera

Name

Pronoctiluca Fabre-Dom., Ann. Microgr. 1: 356. 1889.

• Type species: Pronoctiluca pelagica Fabre-Dom. (1889)

Synonyms

• Pelagorhynchus Pavill., Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 164: 239. 29 Jan 1917.
• Protodinifer Kofoid & Swezy, Mem. Univ. Calif. 5: 112. 28 Jun 1921.

References

Primary references

• Fabre-Domergue, P.L.M. 1889. Sur un flagellé pélagique. Annales de micrographie 1: 353–357. 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. PDF