Taxonomy Profile: Alexandrium (Halim 1960)

Alexandrium: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Chromista
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
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Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Alexandrium: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Chromista
Subkingdom : Chromista
Phylum : Pyrrophycophyta
dinoflagellates |
dinoflagellés |
Class : Dinophyceae
Genus : Alexandrium
Alexandrium Direct Children(s):
Alexandrium minutum
(Halim 1960)
Alexandrium tamarense
(Lebour 1925 Balech 1992)
Alexandrium catenella
(Whedon and Kofoid Balech 1985)
Alexandrium cohorticula
(Balech Balech 1985)
Alexandrium fundyense
(Balech 1985)
Alexandrium monilatum
(Howell F J R Taylor 1979)
Alexandrium ostenfeldii
(Paulsen Balech and Tangen 1985)
Alexandrium: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Alexandrium
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Steidinger, Karen A. and Karl Tangen / Carmelo R. Tomas ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1997-01-01 / 1997-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Dinoflagellates
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Identifying Marine Phytoplankton
Page(s):
387-584
Publisher:
Academic Press
Publication Place:
San Diego, California, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-12-693018-X/
Notes:
Although published as part of an earlier work ("Identifying Marine Diatoms and Dinoflagellates," 1996), the 1997 compilation was used here. The editor's forword notes that "All nomenclatural novelties were validated in the original publications"
Reference for:
Alexandrium
Alexandrium: Geographic Information
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Alexandrium: Comments