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 Gonyaulax apiculata
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Comment: This is a new name for Peridinium apiculatum Penard non Peridinium apiculatum (Ehrenberg) Claparède & Lachmann 1859
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APC Comment: R.Cowan (2008) uses this taxon concept.
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Comment: Lemmermann 1907-1910 Algen I (Schizophyceen, Flagellaten, Perideen) p. 654 indicates that some speciemens illustrated by Entz are referrable to G apiculata var.clevei.
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Comment: Usually in fresh water -
Type locality: ? -
Distribution: Qld (Moreton Bay), N.S.W. (Jibbon Cape, Port Hacking) -
Ex.distribution: Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Germany, Poland, Norway, Spain, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, U.S.A. (Alaska)