Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Archaeperidinium minutum
Dinoflagelado, Dinoflagellate
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Myzozoa
Class
Dinophyceae
Order
Peridiniales
Family
Peridiniida incertae sedis
Genus
Archaeperidinium
Species
minutum
Taxon category: Accepted
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Archaeperidinium (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).
Origin: Native
Distribution: South-west Asia, Asia, Europe, N. America, S. America, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, Asia and Galapagos Island (Carnicer et al., 2019; Guiry & Guiry, 2024).
- Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2024) World Register of Marine Species Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. doi:10.14284/170
- Carnicer,O. De La Fuente, P., Canepa, A., Keith, I., Rebolledo-Monsalve, E., Diogène, J., & Fernández-Tejedor, M. (2019) Marine dinoflagellate assemblage in the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Frontiers in Marine Science
- Guiry, M.D Guiry, G.M. (2024) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, University of Galway. https://www.algaebase.org.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Archaeperidinium minutum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25457. Accessed 16 October 2026.