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Prorocentrum Ehrenberg, 1834

109566  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109566)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Alveolata (Infrakingdom)
  5. Myzozoa (Phylum)
  6. Dinozoa (Subphylum)
  7. Dinoflagellata (Infraphylum)
  8. Dinophyceae (Class)
  9. Prorocentrales (Order)
  10. Prorocentraceae (Family)
  11. Prorocentrum (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Exuviaella Cienkowski, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Exuviella Cienkowski, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Prorocentrum adriaticum Schiller
  2. Species Prorocentrum aporum (Schiller) Dodge, 1975
  3. Species Prorocentrum arcuatum Issel, 1928
  4. Species Prorocentrum balticum (Lohmann) Loeblich III, 1970
  5. Species Prorocentrum bimaculatum Chomérat & Saburova, 2012
  6. Species Prorocentrum blatta G.Athanassopoulos
  7. Species Prorocentrum borbonicum L.Ten-Hage, J.Turquet, J.-P.Quod, S.Puiseux-Dao & Couté, 2000
  8. Species Prorocentrum caipirignum S.Fraga, M.Menezes & S.M.Nascimento, 2017
  9. Species Prorocentrum caribbaeum M.A.Faust, 1993
  10. Species Prorocentrum caspicum A.Henckel, 1909
  11. Species Prorocentrum cassubicum (Woloszynska) J.D.Dodge, 1975
  12. Species Prorocentrum clipeus Hoppenrath, 2000
  13. Species Prorocentrum concavum Y.Fukuyo, 1981
  14. Species Prorocentrum consutum Chomérat & Nézan, 2001
  15. Species Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenfeld) J.D.Dodge, 1976
  16. Species Prorocentrum cornutum Schiller
  17. Species Prorocentrum dactylus (Stein) Dodge, 1975
  18. Species Prorocentrum dentatum F.Stein, 1883
  19. Species Prorocentrum elegans M.A.Faust, 1993
  20. Species Prorocentrum emarginatum Y.Fukuyo, 1981
  21. Species Prorocentrum faustiae S.L.Morton, 1998
  22. Species Prorocentrum foraminosum M.A.Faust, 1993
  23. Species Prorocentrum formosum M.A.Faust, 1993
  24. Species Prorocentrum fukuyoi Shauna Murray & Y.Nagahama, 2007
  25. Species Prorocentrum gibbosum (Schiller) Schiller
  26. Species Prorocentrum glenanicum Chomérat & Nézan, 2011
  27. Species Prorocentrum gracile F.Schütt, 1895
  28. Species Prorocentrum hoffmannianum M.A.Faust, 1990
  29. Species Prorocentrum koreanum M.-S.Han, S.Y.Cho & P.Wang, 2016
  30. Species Prorocentrum lenticulatum (Matzenauer) F.J.R.Taylor, 1976
  31. Species Prorocentrum leve M.A.Faust, M.W.Vandersea, S.R.Kibler, P.A.Tester & R.W.Litaker, 2008
  32. Species Prorocentrum levis M.A.Faust, Kibler, Vandersea, P.A.Tester & Litaker, 2008
  33. Species Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein, 1878
  34. Species Prorocentrum magnum (Gaarder) J.D.Dodge, 1975
  35. Species Prorocentrum maximum (Gourret) Schiller, 1937
  36. Species Prorocentrum mexicanum Osorio-Tafall, 1942
  37. Species Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834
  38. Species Prorocentrum missolongicum Athanassopoulos, 1913
  39. Species Prorocentrum nanum J.Schiller, 1918
  40. Species Prorocentrum norrisianum M.A.Faust & S.L.Morton, 1997
  41. Species Prorocentrum nux Puigserver & Zingone, 2002
  42. Species Prorocentrum oblongum (Schiller) Ab~
  43. Species Prorocentrum obtusidens J.Schiller, 1928
  44. Species Prorocentrum obtusum Ostenfeld, 1908
  45. Species Prorocentrum ovale Rampi
  46. Species Prorocentrum ovale (Gourret) J.Schiller, 1931
  47. Species Prorocentrum ovum (Schiller) J.D.Dodge, 1975
  48. Species Prorocentrum panamense D.Grzebyk, Y.Sako & B.Berland, 1998
  49. Species Prorocentrum ponticus Krachmalny & Terenko, 2002
  50. Species Prorocentrum porosum Arteaga-Sogamoso, F.Rodríguez, Amato, Ben-Gigirey, Tibiriçá, Chomerat, Mafra, T.Nishimura, M.Adachi & Mancera-Pineda, 2022
  51. Species Prorocentrum pseudopanamense Chomérat & Nézan, 2011
  52. Species Prorocentrum pyriforme (Schiller) Taylor
  53. Species Prorocentrum redfieldii Bursa, 1959
  54. Species Prorocentrum reticulatum M.A.Faust, 1997
  55. Species Prorocentrum rhathymum Loeblich III, Sherley & Schmidt, 1979
  56. Species Prorocentrum rostratum F.Stein, 1883
  57. Species Prorocentrum rotundatum Schiller, 1928
  58. Species Prorocentrum ruetzlerianum M.A.Faust, 1990
  59. Species Prorocentrum sabulosum M.A.Faust, 1994
  60. Species Prorocentrum sculptile M.A.Faust, 1994
  61. Species Prorocentrum scutellum Schröder, 1900
  62. Species Prorocentrum semidentatum Athanassopoulos, 1931
  63. Species Prorocentrum shikokuense Y.Hada, 1975
  64. Species Prorocentrum sipadanensis Mohammad-Noor, Daugbjerg & Moestrup, 2007
  65. Species Prorocentrum spinulentum Tillmann, Gottschling & Hoppenrath, 2023
  66. Species Prorocentrum steidingerae F.Gómez, D.Qiu & S.Lin, 2017
  67. Species Prorocentrum texanum Henrichs, Steidinger, P.S.Scott & L.Campbell, 2013
  68. Species Prorocentrum thermophilum F.Gómez, Tangcheng Li, Hu. Zhang & Senje Lin, 2022
  69. Species Prorocentrum triestinum J.Schiller, 1918
  70. Species Prorocentrum tropicale M.A.Faust, 1997
  71. Species Prorocentrum tsawwassenense Hoppenrath & B.S.Leander, 2008
  72. Species Prorocentrum vaginula (F.Stein) J.D.Dodge, 1975
  73. Species Prorocentrum vaginulum (Ehrenberg) Dodge
  74. Species Prorocentrum venetum Tolomio & Cavolo, 1985
  75. Species Prorocentrum vietnamensis J.S.Yoo & Fukuyo, 2004
  76. Species Prorocentrum viride Ehrenberg, 1840
  77. Species Prorocentrum arabianum Morton & Faust, 2002 accepted as Prorocentrum concavum Y.Fukuyo, 1981 (synonym)
  78. Species Prorocentrum arenarium M.A.Faust, 1994 accepted as Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein, 1878 (synonym)
  79. Species Prorocentrum belizeanum M.A.Faust, 1993 accepted as Prorocentrum hoffmannianum M.A.Faust, 1990
  80. Species Prorocentrum compressum (Bailey) T.H.Abé ex J.D.Dodge, 1975 accepted as Tryblionella compressa (J.W.Bailey) M.Poulin, 1990 accepted as Pyxidicula compressa var. compressa J.W. Bailey, 1851 (synonym)
  81. Species Prorocentrum cordiforme Bursa, 1959 accepted as Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) J.Schiller, 1933 accepted as Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenfeld) J.D.Dodge, 1976 (synonym)
  82. Species Prorocentrum curvatum Kofoid, 1907 accepted as Oxytoxum curvatum (Kofoid) Kofoid & J.R.Michener, 1911 (synonym)
  83. Species Prorocentrum donghaiense D.Lu, 2001 accepted as Prorocentrum shikokuense Y.Hada, 1975
  84. Species Prorocentrum hentschelii Schiller, 1933 accepted as Prorocentrum gracile F.Schütt, 1895
  85. Species Prorocentrum lebouriae Schiller, 1928 accepted as Prorocentrum compressum (Bailey) T.H.Abé ex J.D.Dodge, 1975 accepted as Tryblionella compressa (J.W.Bailey) M.Poulin, 1990 accepted as Pyxidicula compressa var. compressa J.W. Bailey, 1851 (synonym)
  86. Species Prorocentrum levantinoides Bursa, 1959 accepted as Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonym)
  87. Species Prorocentrum levantoides Bursa, 1959 accepted as Prorocentrum levantinoides Bursa, 1959 accepted as Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonym)
  88. Species Prorocentrum macrurus Athanassapaulos, 1931 accepted as Prorocentrum gracile F.Schütt, 1895 (synonym)
  89. Species Prorocentrum maculosum M.A.Faust, 1993 accepted as Prorocentrum hoffmannianum M.A.Faust, 1990
  90. Species Prorocentrum marielebouriae (Parke & Ballantine) A.R.Loeblich III, 1970 accepted as Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) J.Schiller, 1933 accepted as Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenfeld) J.D.Dodge, 1976
  91. Species Prorocentrum marinum (Cienkowski) Steidinger & Williams ex Head, 1996 accepted as Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein, 1878 (synonym)
  92. Species Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) J.Schiller, 1933 accepted as Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenfeld) J.D.Dodge, 1976
  93. Species Prorocentrum pacificum Wood, 1963 accepted as Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonym)
  94. Species Prorocentrum perforatum (Gran) Krachmalny, 1993 accepted as Mesoporos perforatus (Gran) Lillick, 1937
  95. Species Prorocentrum pomoideum Bursa, 1959 accepted as Prorocentrum balticum (Lohmann) Loeblich III, 1970 (synonym)
  96. Species Prorocentrum pyrenoideum Bursa, 1959 accepted as Prorocentrum triestinum J.Schiller, 1918 (synonym)
  97. Species Prorocentrum rathymum Loeblich, Shirley & Schmidt accepted as Prorocentrum mexicanum Osorio-Tafall, 1942 (synonym)
  98. Species Prorocentrum schillerii Böhrn, 1933 accepted as Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834
  99. Species Prorocentrum setoutii Hada, 1975 accepted as Prorocentrum triestinum J.Schiller, 1918
  100. Species Prorocentrum triangulatum Martin, 1929 accepted as Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) J.Schiller, 1933 accepted as Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenfeld) J.D.Dodge, 1976 (synonym)
  101. Species Prorocentrum antarcticum (Hada) Balech, 1975 (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11]. [details] OpenAccess publication
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6782  
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6782 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Prorocentrum Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109566 on 2025-07-16
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2006-07-10 09:37:28Z
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Camba Reu, Cibran
2010-08-12 12:41:00Z
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Guiry, Michael D.
2017-07-28 14:39:02Z
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Guiry, Michael D.

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Nomenclature

original description Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11]. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. <em>Acta Bot. Croat.</em> 64(1): 129-212. [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Abé, T.H. (1967). The armoured Dinoflagellata: II. Prorocentridae and Dinophysidae (A). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(5): 369-389. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] 

additional source Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Muciño-Márquez, R. E.; Figueroa-Torres, M. G.; Gárate-Lizárraga, I. (2011). Nyctemeral variation of the genus Prorocentrum (Dinophyceae) in the coastal lagoon Sontecomapan, Veracruz, Mexico. <em>Revista Electrónica Del Departamento El Hombre Y Su Ambiente.</em> 1, 3-13. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Wasmund, N.; Dutz, J.; Kremp, A.; Zettler, M. L. (2019). Biological assessment of the Baltic Sea 2018. <em>Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW).</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.12754/msr-2019-0112 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6782 [details]

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Classification This genus was originally placed under the family Prorocentridae as proposed by Hayward & Ryland (1990) in their book. [details]
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Japanese プロロケントルム属  [details]
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Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Exuviaella Cienkowski, 1881)
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Exuviaella) (from synonym Exuviaella Cienkowski, 1881)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prorocentrum) 
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