Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Protoperidinium steinii (Jørgensen, 1899) Balech

Dinoflagelado, Dinoflagellate

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Chromista

Phylum
Myzozoa

Class
Dinophyceae

Order
Peridiniales

Family
Protoperidiniaceae

Genus
Protoperidinium

Species
steinii

Taxon category: Accepted

The type species (lectotype) of the genus Protoperidinium is Protoperidinium pellucidum Bergh (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: South-west Asia, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Mediterranean, Arctic, Atlantic Islands, Europe, N. America, Caribbean Islands, Western Atlantic, S. America,Indian Ocean Islands, Middle East, Pacific Islands/Pacific Ocean and Galapagos Island (Carnicer et al., 2019; Guiry & Guiry, 2024).

References

  • 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
  • Guiry, M.D Guiry, G.M. (2024) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, University of Galway. https://www.algaebase.org.
  • 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

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"Galapagos Species Database, Protoperidinium steinii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25491. Accessed 5 July 2025.