Algae
Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)
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Noctilucaceae
Noctiluca scintillans (Kof. & Swezy , legitimate , scientific
Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921) , The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellates. Memoirs of the University of California 5
407, figs KK1–6
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Medusa scintillans Macartney legitimate
Wood, E.J.F. (1954) , Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5
171–351
[secondary reference]
Dodge, J.D. (1982) , Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles
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[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Medusa scintillans Macartney legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Mammaria scintillans Ehrenb. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medusa marina Slabber legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Noctiluca miliaris Suriray nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Noctiluca marina (Ehrenb. legitimate
R.Cowan (2008) uses this taxon concept.
Hallegraeff, G.M. & Reid, D.D. (1986) , Phytoplankton species successions and their hydrological environment at a coastal station off Sydney. Austral. J. Mar. Freshw. Res 37
361–377
[secondary reference]
ABRS (2008) , Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008
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[secondary reference]
AMANI dist.:
New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia (temperate), Cosmopolitan
Habitat:
Estuarine
Hallegraeff, G.[M.], Hosja, W., Knuckey, R. & Wilkinson, C. (2008) , Recent range expansion of the red-tide dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans in Australian coastal waters. IOC-UNESCO Harmful Algae Newsletter 38
10–11
[secondary reference]
Hallegraeff, G.M., Bolch, C.J.S., Huisman, J.M. & de Salas, M.F. (2010) , Planktonic dinoflagellates. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters
145–212
[secondary reference]
Adjani, P., Ingleton, T., Pritchard, T. & Armand, L. (2011) , Microalgal blooms in the coastal waters of New South Wales, Australia. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 133
15–31
[secondary reference]
McCarthy, P. (Comp.) (2012) , Census of Australian Marine Dinoflagellates
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[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Medusa scintillans Macartney legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Noctiluca miliaris Suriray nom. inval.
An occasionally harmful species and a common bloom-forming organism in Australia [Hallegraeff et al., 2008; Adjani et al., 2011]
Distribution:
Qld (Cairns), N.S.W. (off Sydney), Vic. (Gippsland Lakes), Tas., S.A. (Port Lincoln)
Ex.distribution:
Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (Washington), Canary Islands, North Atlantic Ocean, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, South China Sea, East China Sea, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2022) , -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org
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[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Medusa scintillans Macartney legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Mammaria scintillans Ehrenb. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Medusa marina Slabber legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Noctiluca miliaris Suriray nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Noctiluca marina (Ehrenb. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Noctiluca pacifica E.H.Giglioli legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Noctiluca omogenea E.H.Giglioli legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Noctiluca punctata K.D.W.Busch legitimate
