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Oxytoxum elegans

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Species of single-celled organism

Oxytoxum elegans
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Prorocentrales
Family: Oxytoxaceae
Genus: Oxytoxum
Species: O. elegans
Binomial name
Oxytoxum elegans
Pavillard, 1916
Synonyms
  • Centrodinium elegans (Pavillard) F.J.R.Taylor, 1976
  • Centrodinium frenguellii (Rampi) F.J.R.Taylor, 1976

Oxytoxum elegans is a species of dinoflagellates in the order Prorocentrales that was formerly classified as belonging to Peridiniales. It is found in the Gulf of Mexico, the Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone waters and the North Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. Recherches sur les péridiniens du Golfe du Lion. J Pavillard, 1916
  2. Gottschling M, Wietkamp S, Bantle A, Tillmann U (2024-03-20). "Oxytoxaceae are prorocentralean rather than peridinialean dinophytes and taxonomic clarification of heterotrophic Oxytoxum lohmannii (≡ "Amphidinium" crassum) by epitypification". Sci Rep. 14 (6689). Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  • Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64(1): 129-212.
Taxon identifiers
Oxytoxum elegans


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