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

Protoceratium R.S.Bergh, 1881

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Protoceratium areolatum Kofoid, 1907
Protoceratium pepo Kofoid & Michener, 1911
Protoceratium reticulatum (Claparède & Lachmann) Bütschli, 1885
Protoceratium spinulosum (Murray & Whitting) Schiller, 1937

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: プロトケラチウム属

Literature

basis of record	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	Hansson, H. G. (1991-1997). South Scandinavian Marine Protoctista.
additional source	Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64(1): 129-212.

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). Protoceratium R.S.Bergh, 1881. 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:109567