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.
Comment:Schimpers orginal name for this taxon in Karsten 1905 was a trinomial Ceratium tripos lunula (see Balech 1988 Los Dinoflagelados del Atlantico Sudoccidental p. 144). Jorgensen is credited with the binomial.
AMANI dist.:Queensland (tropical), Bass Strait, World wide
Habit:Planktonic
Nutrition:Autotrophic
Habitat:Neritic, Oceanic
Graphic:Huisman 1989: figs 45, 50: Steidinger & Tangen 1997 In Tomas CR (ed) Identifying Marine Phytoplankton plate 29
Distribution:Gulf of Carpentaria/North-west Shelf, Qld (Great Barrier Reef, SE coast), N.S.W., east Australian Current, Vic. (S of Port Fairy), Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, W.A.
Ex.distribution:Brazil, South Africa, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (NE coast), Canary Islands, Spain, British Isles, red Sea, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean, Peru