MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ceratium furca (Ehrenberg) Claparède & Lachmann, 1859

WoRMS name details

Ceratium furca (Ehrenberg) Claparède & Lachmann, 1859

AphiaID

109950 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109950)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Tripos furca (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013

Rank

Species

Parent

Ceratium F.Schrank, 1793

Original name

Peridinium furca Ehrenberg, 1834

Direct children (13)

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Forma Ceratium furca f. corpulentum Jorgensen, 1920
Variety Ceratium furca var. berghii Jörgensen
Variety Ceratium furca var. biceps (Claparède & Lachmann) Lemmermann, 1899
Variety Ceratium furca var. depressum Pouchet, 1883
Variety Ceratium furca var. pentagonum (Gourret) Lemmermann, 1899
Variety Ceratium furca var. belone (Cleve) Lemmermann, 1903 accepted as Tripos belone (Cleve) F.Gómez, 2013
Variety Ceratium furca var. eugrammum (Ehrenberg) J.Schiller, 1937 accepted as Tripos eugrammus (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013 (synonym)
Variety Ceratium furca var. hircus (Schröder) Margalef ex Sournia, 1973 accepted as Tripos hircus (Schröder) F.Gómez, 2013 (synonym)
Variety Ceratium furca var. incisum Karsten, 1906 accepted as Tripos incisus (Karsten) F.Gómez, 2013 (synonym)
Variety Ceratium furca var. mediterraneum Gourret, 1883 (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Ceratium furca var. medium Gourret, 1883 (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Ceratium furca var. singulare Gourret, 1883 (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Ceratium furca var. tertium Gourret, 1883 (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Peridinium furca Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1833: 145-336, pls I-XIII [1-11]. [details]

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:47133

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:47133 [details]

Distribution coastal, also estuarine and oceanic; cosmopolitan in cold temperate to tropical waters

Distribution coastal, also estuarine and oceanic; cosmopolitan in cold temperate to tropical waters [details]

Taxonomic citation

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). Ceratium furca (Ehrenberg) Claparède & Lachmann, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109950 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Brandt, Sue

2006-07-26 11:37:58Z

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Camba Reu, Cibran

2010-04-01 08:42:26Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

2011-02-09 08:22:37Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

2015-06-26 12:00:51Z

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Nomenclature

original description (of Peridinium furca Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1834). Dritter Beitrag zur Erkenntniss grosser Organisation in der Richtung des kleinsten Raumes. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 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. Acta Bot. Croat. 64(1): 129-212. [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley. 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors

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additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Meunier, A. (1919). Microplankton de la Mer Flamande: 3. Les Péridiniens. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique = Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België, VIII(1). Hayez, imprimeur de l'Académie royale de Belgique: Bruxelles. 111, 7 plates pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Chang, F.H.; Charleston, W.A.G.; McKenna, P.B.; Clowes, C.D.; Wilson, G.J.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Myzozoa: dinoflagellates, perkinsids, ellobiopsids, sporozoans, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 175-216. [details]

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

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [details]

additional source Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Horner, R. A. (2002). A taxonomic guide to some common marine phytoplankton. Biopress Ltd. Bristol. 1-195. [details]

additional source Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 64:1-306. [details] Available for editors

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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:47133 [details]

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Diet general for group: both heterotrophic (eat other organisms) and autotrophic (photosynthetic) [details]

Distribution coastal, also estuarine and oceanic; cosmopolitan in cold temperate to tropical waters [details]

Habitat pelagic [details]

Importance General: known for producing dangerous toxins, particularly when in large numbers, called "red tides" because the cells are so abundant they make water change color. Also they can produce non-fatal or fatal amounts of toxins in predators (particularly shellfish) that may be eaten by humans. [details]

Predators marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details]

Reproduction general for group: both sexual and asexual [details]

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