WoRMS taxon details
Prorocentrum Ehrenberg, 1834
109566 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109566)
accepted
Genus
Exuviaella Cienkowski, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Exuviella Cienkowski, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum adriaticum Schiller
- Species Prorocentrum aporum (Schiller) Dodge, 1975
- Species Prorocentrum arcuatum Issel, 1928
- Species Prorocentrum balticum (Lohmann) Loeblich III, 1970
- Species Prorocentrum bimaculatum Chomérat & Saburova, 2012
- Species Prorocentrum blatta G.Athanassopoulos
- Species Prorocentrum borbonicum L.Ten-Hage, J.Turquet, J.-P.Quod, S.Puiseux-Dao & Couté, 2000
- Species Prorocentrum caipirignum S.Fraga, M.Menezes & S.M.Nascimento, 2017
- Species Prorocentrum caribbaeum M.A.Faust, 1993
- Species Prorocentrum caspicum A.Henckel, 1909
- Species Prorocentrum cassubicum (Woloszynska) J.D.Dodge, 1975
- Species Prorocentrum clipeus Hoppenrath, 2000
- Species Prorocentrum concavum Y.Fukuyo, 1981
- Species Prorocentrum consutum Chomérat & Nézan, 2001
- Species Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenfeld) J.D.Dodge, 1976
- Species Prorocentrum cornutum Schiller
- Species Prorocentrum dactylus (Stein) Dodge, 1975
- Species Prorocentrum dentatum F.Stein, 1883
- Species Prorocentrum elegans M.A.Faust, 1993
- Species Prorocentrum emarginatum Y.Fukuyo, 1981
- Species Prorocentrum faustiae S.L.Morton, 1998
- Species Prorocentrum foraminosum M.A.Faust, 1993
- Species Prorocentrum formosum M.A.Faust, 1993
- Species Prorocentrum fukuyoi Shauna Murray & Y.Nagahama, 2007
- Species Prorocentrum gibbosum (Schiller) Schiller
- Species Prorocentrum glenanicum Chomérat & Nézan, 2011
- Species Prorocentrum gracile F.Schütt, 1895
- Species Prorocentrum hoffmannianum M.A.Faust, 1990
- Species Prorocentrum koreanum M.-S.Han, S.Y.Cho & P.Wang, 2016
- Species Prorocentrum lenticulatum (Matzenauer) F.J.R.Taylor, 1976
- Species Prorocentrum leve M.A.Faust, M.W.Vandersea, S.R.Kibler, P.A.Tester & R.W.Litaker, 2008
- Species Prorocentrum levis M.A.Faust, Kibler, Vandersea, P.A.Tester & Litaker, 2008
- Species Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein, 1878
- Species Prorocentrum magnum (Gaarder) J.D.Dodge, 1975
- Species Prorocentrum maximum (Gourret) Schiller, 1937
- Species Prorocentrum mexicanum Osorio-Tafall, 1942
- Species Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834
- Species Prorocentrum missolongicum Athanassopoulos, 1913
- Species Prorocentrum nanum J.Schiller, 1918
- Species Prorocentrum norrisianum M.A.Faust & S.L.Morton, 1997
- Species Prorocentrum nux Puigserver & Zingone, 2002
- Species Prorocentrum oblongum (Schiller) Ab~
- Species Prorocentrum obtusidens J.Schiller, 1928
- Species Prorocentrum obtusum Ostenfeld, 1908
- Species Prorocentrum ovale Rampi
- Species Prorocentrum ovale (Gourret) J.Schiller, 1931
- Species Prorocentrum ovum (Schiller) J.D.Dodge, 1975
- Species Prorocentrum panamense D.Grzebyk, Y.Sako & B.Berland, 1998
- Species Prorocentrum ponticus Krachmalny & Terenko, 2002
- Species Prorocentrum porosum Arteaga-Sogamoso, F.Rodríguez, Amato, Ben-Gigirey, Tibiriçá, Chomerat, Mafra, T.Nishimura, M.Adachi & Mancera-Pineda, 2022
- Species Prorocentrum pseudopanamense Chomérat & Nézan, 2011
- Species Prorocentrum pyriforme (Schiller) Taylor
- Species Prorocentrum redfieldii Bursa, 1959
- Species Prorocentrum reticulatum M.A.Faust, 1997
- Species Prorocentrum rhathymum Loeblich III, Sherley & Schmidt, 1979
- Species Prorocentrum rostratum F.Stein, 1883
- Species Prorocentrum rotundatum Schiller, 1928
- Species Prorocentrum ruetzlerianum M.A.Faust, 1990
- Species Prorocentrum sabulosum M.A.Faust, 1994
- Species Prorocentrum sculptile M.A.Faust, 1994
- Species Prorocentrum scutellum Schröder, 1900
- Species Prorocentrum semidentatum Athanassopoulos, 1931
- Species Prorocentrum shikokuense Y.Hada, 1975
- Species Prorocentrum sipadanensis Mohammad-Noor, Daugbjerg & Moestrup, 2007
- Species Prorocentrum spinulentum Tillmann, Gottschling & Hoppenrath, 2023
- Species Prorocentrum steidingerae F.Gómez, D.Qiu & S.Lin, 2017
- Species Prorocentrum texanum Henrichs, Steidinger, P.S.Scott & L.Campbell, 2013
- Species Prorocentrum thermophilum F.Gómez, Tangcheng Li, Hu. Zhang & Senje Lin, 2022
- Species Prorocentrum triestinum J.Schiller, 1918
- Species Prorocentrum tropicale M.A.Faust, 1997
- Species Prorocentrum tsawwassenense Hoppenrath & B.S.Leander, 2008
- Species Prorocentrum vaginula (F.Stein) J.D.Dodge, 1975
- Species Prorocentrum vaginulum (Ehrenberg) Dodge
- Species Prorocentrum venetum Tolomio & Cavolo, 1985
- Species Prorocentrum vietnamensis J.S.Yoo & Fukuyo, 2004
- Species Prorocentrum viride Ehrenberg, 1840
- Species Prorocentrum arabianum Morton & Faust, 2002 accepted as Prorocentrum concavum Y.Fukuyo, 1981 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum arenarium M.A.Faust, 1994 accepted as Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein, 1878 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum belizeanum M.A.Faust, 1993 accepted as Prorocentrum hoffmannianum M.A.Faust, 1990
- 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)
- Species Prorocentrum cordiforme Bursa, 1959 accepted as Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) J.Schiller, 1933 accepted as Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenfeld) J.D.Dodge, 1976 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum curvatum Kofoid, 1907 accepted as Oxytoxum curvatum (Kofoid) Kofoid & J.R.Michener, 1911 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum donghaiense D.Lu, 2001 accepted as Prorocentrum shikokuense Y.Hada, 1975
- Species Prorocentrum hentschelii Schiller, 1933 accepted as Prorocentrum gracile F.Schütt, 1895
- 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)
- Species Prorocentrum levantinoides Bursa, 1959 accepted as Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum levantoides Bursa, 1959 accepted as Prorocentrum levantinoides Bursa, 1959 accepted as Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum macrurus Athanassapaulos, 1931 accepted as Prorocentrum gracile F.Schütt, 1895 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum maculosum M.A.Faust, 1993 accepted as Prorocentrum hoffmannianum M.A.Faust, 1990
- 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
- Species Prorocentrum marinum (Cienkowski) Steidinger & Williams ex Head, 1996 accepted as Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) F.Stein, 1878 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) J.Schiller, 1933 accepted as Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenfeld) J.D.Dodge, 1976
- Species Prorocentrum pacificum Wood, 1963 accepted as Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum perforatum (Gran) Krachmalny, 1993 accepted as Mesoporos perforatus (Gran) Lillick, 1937
- Species Prorocentrum pomoideum Bursa, 1959 accepted as Prorocentrum balticum (Lohmann) Loeblich III, 1970 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum pyrenoideum Bursa, 1959 accepted as Prorocentrum triestinum J.Schiller, 1918 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum rathymum Loeblich, Shirley & Schmidt accepted as Prorocentrum mexicanum Osorio-Tafall, 1942 (synonym)
- Species Prorocentrum schillerii Böhrn, 1933 accepted as Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834
- Species Prorocentrum setoutii Hada, 1975 accepted as Prorocentrum triestinum J.Schiller, 1918
- Species Prorocentrum triangulatum Martin, 1929 accepted as Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) J.Schiller, 1933 accepted as Prorocentrum cordatum (Ostenfeld) J.D.Dodge, 1976 (synonym)
- 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] 
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 2025-06-30
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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]
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]
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]
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 
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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 [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 [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 [request]
[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
[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
[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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6782 [details]Unreviewed
Classification This genus was originally placed under the family Prorocentridae as proposed by Hayward & Ryland (1990) in their book. [details]
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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Exuviaella) (from synonym Exuviaella Cienkowski, 1881)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prorocentrum)
To Genbank (from synonym Exuviaella Cienkowski, 1881)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (045022.jpg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (051004.jpg)
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Exuviaella Cienkowski, 1881)To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Exuviaella) (from synonym Exuviaella Cienkowski, 1881)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prorocentrum)
To Genbank (from synonym Exuviaella Cienkowski, 1881)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (045022.jpg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (051004.jpg)
To ITIS
