Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Phalacroma mitra
Oxyphysiaceae
Phalacroma mitra F.Schütt , legitimate, scientific
Schütt, F. in Hensen, V.A.C. (ed.) (1895), Die Peridineen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humbolt-Stiftung Bd IV: 149, taf 4 fig 18 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Atlantic Ocean
Okamura, K. (1907), An annotated list of plankton microorganisms of the Japanese coast. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 6: - [secondary reference]
Wood, E.J.F. (1954), Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5: 188 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Phalacroma rapa F.Stein legitimate by Okamura, K. (1907), An annotated list of plankton microorganisms of the Japanese coast. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 6: -
Hallegraeff, G.M. & Lucas, I.A.N. (1988), The marine dinoflagellate genus Dinophysis (Dinophyceae): photosynthetic, neritic and non-photosynthetic, oceanic species. Phycologia Edn. 1, 27: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: R.Cowan (2008) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2008), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Wood was incorrect to attribute this species to Oltmans. Bohm 1936 Bishop Museum Bull No 137 p. 17 feels this species is not separable from Phalacroma dolichopterygium.
  • AMANI dist.: Western Australia (tropical), Indian Ocean (tropical), Coral Sea
  • Nutrition: Heterotrophic
  • Habitat: Neritic, Oceanic
McCarthy, P. (Comp.) (2012), Census of Australian Marine Dinoflagellates: - AAL [secondary reference]
  • Distribution: Coral Sea, East Australian Current, W.A. (Indian Ocean, North-west Shelf)
  • Ex.distribution: Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands, N Spain, Arabian Sea, eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (Peru)