Oxyphysiaceae
Phalacroma mitra F.Schütt
, legitimate, scientific
[Schütt, F. in Hensen, V.A.C. (ed.) (1895), Die Peridineen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humbolt-Stiftung Bd IV]:
149, taf 4 fig 18
[tax. nov.]
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Type locality:
Atlantic Ocean
[Okamura, K. (1907), An annotated list of plankton microorganisms of the Japanese coast. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 6]:
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[secondary reference]
[Wood, E.J.F. (1954), Dinoflagellates of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5]:
188
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Phalacroma rapa F.Stein
legitimate
by [Okamura, K. (1907), An annotated list of plankton microorganisms of the Japanese coast. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 6]: -
[Hallegraeff, G.M. & Lucas, I.A.N. (1988), The marine dinoflagellate genus Dinophysis (Dinophyceae): photosynthetic, neritic and non-photosynthetic, oceanic species. Phycologia Edn. 1, 27]:
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[secondary reference]
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R.Cowan (2008) uses this taxon concept.
[ABRS (2008), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008]:
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[secondary reference]
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Wood was incorrect to attribute this species to Oltmans. Bohm 1936 Bishop Museum Bull No 137 p. 17 feels this species is not separable from Phalacroma dolichopterygium.
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AMANI dist.:
Western Australia (tropical), Indian Ocean (tropical), Coral Sea
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Nutrition:
Heterotrophic
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Habitat:
Neritic, Oceanic
[McCarthy, P. (Comp.) (2012), Census of Australian Marine Dinoflagellates]:
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AAL
[secondary reference]
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Distribution:
Coral Sea, East Australian Current, W.A. (Indian Ocean, North-west Shelf)
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Ex.distribution:
Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands, N Spain, Arabian Sea, eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (Peru)