Ceratoperidinium
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| Ceratoperidinium | |
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| Ceratoperidinium margalefii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Dinoflagellata |
| Class: | Dinophyceae |
| Order: | Gymnodiniales |
| Family: | Ceratoperidiniaceae |
| Genus: | Ceratoperidinium Margalef ex A.R.Loeblich, III, 1980 |
| Species | |
Ceratoperidinium is a genus of dinoflagellates in the order Gymnodiniales.[1] The genus contains two species.[2] It was first created in 1969 by Margalef, with Ceratoperidinium yeye as the type species. However, because it was not correctly described it was considered invalid, as was C. yeye.[3] In 1980, Lobelich III described the genus as Ceratoperidinium Margalef ex Loeblich III, renaming C. yeye as C. margalefii.[3] In 2014, Gyrodinium falcatum was reassigned to Ceratoperidinium based on genetic analysis.[3]