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.
Type locality:If a line be traced on the northern hemisphere from the Cape Verde to the Newfoundland Banks the space on the left of this line represents the area of distribution of this species.
misapplied to:
Ceratiumgibberumvar.contortumGourretlegitimate
by Cleve, P.T.(1900), Notes on some Atlantic plankton organisms.Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar34 (1): 14, pl VII fig 10
misapplication:
Ceratiumtriposvar.arcuatumGourretlegitimate
by Ostenfeld, C.E.H. & Schmidt, J.(1901), Plankton fra det Rode Hav og Adenbugten [Plankton of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden].Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn25: 165 fig 15
Comment:Jorgensen 1920 Report of the Danish oceanographic Expedition to the Mediterranean 1908-1910 vol II p 72 states that C. contortum Cleve is a new taxon and not the same as the supposed basionym C tripos var contortum (Gourrett) Karsten. He provides a new name for the latter Ceratium concilans
AMANI dist.:Queensland (tropical), Bass Strait
Habit:Planktonic
Habitat:Neritic
Graphic:Huisman 1989 Australian Systematc Botany 2: fig. 44;
Steidinger & Tangen 1997 In Tomas CR (ed) Identifying Marine Phytoplankton plate 27
Distribution:Gulf of Carpentaria, Coral Sea, Qld to N.S.W. (Eden), East Australian Current, Bass Strait, Tas., W.A. (North-west Shelf)
Ex.distribution:Brazil, South Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, U.S.A. (NE coast), Canary Islands, Madeira, British Isles, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia, South China Sea, East China Sea, Sea of Japan, North Pacific Ocean, Solomon Islands, SW Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea, New Zealand, Pacific coast of Mexico
