Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Myzozoa > Subphylum Dinozoa > Infraphylum Dinoflagellata > Class Dinophyceae > Subclass Peridiniphycidae > Order Gonyaulacales > Family Ceratiaceae

Ceratium F.Schrank, 1793

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ceratium contrarium (Gourret) Pavillard, 1905
Ceratium deflexum (Kofoid) Jörgensen, 1911
Ceratium furcoides (Levander) Langhans, 1925
Ceratium geniculatum (Lemmermann) Cleve, 1901
Ceratium hirundinella (O.F.Müller) Dujardin, 1841
Ceratium horridum (Cleve) Gran, 1902
Ceratium vultur Cleve, 1900

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ケラチウム属

Literature

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.
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.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

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 F.Schrank, 1793. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109506