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 Ornithocercus splendidus
- AAL
- Eukaryota(reg.)
- Dinophyta(div.)
- Dinophyceae(cl.)
- Dinophysiales(ordo)
- Dinophysaceae(fam.)
- Ornithocercus(gen.)
- splendidus(sp.)
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Comment: This name originally appeared in Schütt, F. in Hensen, V.A.C. (ed.) (1892), Das Pflanzenleben der Hochsee. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humbolt-Stiftung Bd 1A p. 272, 299 but without description. -
Type locality: Atlantic Ocean
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APC Comment: R.Cowan (2008) uses this taxon concept.
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Comment: Also described by Schutt 1895 Die Peridineen der Plankton-Expedition p. 149 taf 5 fig 22 -
AMANI dist.: Eastern Australian Current, Indian Ocean -
Habit: Planktonic -
Graphic: Steidinger & Tangen 1997 In Tomas CR (ed) Identifying Marine Phytoplankton plate 13 -
Habitat: Oceanic
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Distribution: Gulf of Carpentaria/North-west Shelf, Qld (Great Barrier Reef), N.S.W. (off Port Stephens) -
Ex.distribution: Brazil, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands, NW Africa, Mediterranean Sea, South China Sea, Pacific coast of Mexico