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]

Ceratoperidinium
Ceratoperidinium margalefii
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Ceratoperidinium

Margalef ex A.R.Loeblich, III, 1980
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  1. ^ "Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  2. ^ "World Register of Marine Species". www.marinespecies.org/. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  3. ^ a b c Reñé, Albert; de Salas, Miguel; Camp, Jordi; Balagué, Vanessa; Garcés, Esther (2013-09-01). "A New Clade, Based on Partial LSU rDNA Sequences, of Unarmoured Dinoflagellates" (PDF). Protist. 164 (5): 673–685. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2013.07.002. hdl:10261/83104. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 23933594.