Blixaea Gottschling 2017

compiled by Mona Hoppenrath

last update: 16 July 2018

Species names in bold = validly published names
Species names in normal fond = invalid names

 

 

Blixaea Gottschling 2017, in Gottschling et al. 2017, Phytotaxa 306(4): 296-297. [16 May 2017]

Type: Blixaea quinquecornis (T.H.Abé) Gottschling 2017, in Gottschling et al. 2017, Phytotaxa 306(4): 296.

 

Blixaea quinquecornis (T.H.Abé) Gottschling 2017, in Gottschling et al. 2017, Phytotaxa 306(4): 296.

Basionym: Peridinium quinquecorne T.H. Abé 1927, Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, Series 4, Biology 2: 410, fig. 30.

Synonym: Protoperidinium quinquecorne (T.H.Abé) Balech 1974, Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia e Instituto Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales / Hidrobiologia 4: 59.

 

It needs to be checked whether the published synonymy with Heterocapsa quadridentata is correct - i.e. the species are conspecific. See Hansen 1995, Phycologia 34: 166-170 and Okolodkov et al. 2016, Marine Pollution Bulletin 108: 289-296.