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 Prorocentrum rhathymum
- AAL
- Eukaryota(reg.)
- Dinophyta(div.)
- Dinophyceae(cl.)
- Prorocentrales(ordo)
- Prorocentraceae(fam.)
- Prorocentrum(gen.)
- rhathymum(sp.)
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Type locality: Cinnamon Bay, St. Johns, Virgin Islands -
Type illustration: Holotype is fig 10 in protologue
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Habitat: Neritic
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Comment: A potentially harmful, bloom-forming species -
Distribution: tropical Australia [Murray et al., 2009], N.S.W. (Port Macquarie, Botany Bay, Lake Illawarra), Tas. (E coast) -
Ex.distribution: Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A. (Florida), Mediterranean Sea (Spain, Italy, Greece), Persian Gulf, Malaysia, New Caledonia, South China Sea, Japan