Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Protoperidinium elegans
Dinoflagelado, Dinoflagellate
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Myzozoa
Class
Dinophyceae
Order
Peridiniales
Family
Protoperidiniaceae
Genus
Protoperidinium
Species
elegans
Taxon category: Accepted
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Protoperidinium is Protoperidinium pellucidum Bergh (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).
Origin: Native
Distribution: South-west Asia, Mediterranean, Asia, Atlantic Islands, Europe, N. America, S. America, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, South-east 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, Protoperidinium elegans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25484. Accessed 16 October 2026.