The Australian Algae Name Index (AANI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with algae names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. AANI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian Algae, please use the Australian Algae List (AAL) link above.
Showing Dinophysis ovum
- AAL
- Eukaryota(reg.)
- Dinophyta(div.)
- Dinophyceae(cl.)
- Dinophysiales(ordo)
- Dinophysaceae(fam.)
- Dinophysis(gen.)
- ovum(sp.)
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Type locality: Atlantic Ocean
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APC Comment: R.Cowan (2008) uses this taxon concept.
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Comment: The work by Schutt does not cite the name Phalacroma ovum. Therefore Dinophysis ovum is the currently accepted name. -
AMANI dist.: New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia (temperate), Western Australia (tropical), Queensland (tropical), Australian Antarctic Territory, Coral Sea, Southern Ocean, Eastern Australian Current, Cosmopolitan -
Graphic: Dodge 1982 Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles Fig 3 j -
Nutrition: Autotrophic -
Habitat: Neritic, Oceanic, Estuarine -
Habit: Planktonic
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Comment: Marine and estuarine -
Distribution: Coral Sea, N.S.W. (Port Hacking, off Sydney), East Australian Current, Tas. (Storm Bay), W.A. (Swan River), North-west Shelf -
Ex.distribution: Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, British Isles, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, Southern Ocean (S of Australia), New Zealand, Antarctic waters