Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Myzozoa > Subphylum Dinozoa > Infraphylum Dinoflagellata > Class Dinophyceae > Order Gymnodiniales > Family Polykrikaceae > Genus Polykrikos

Polykrikos lebourae Herdman, 1923

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PolykrikosBütschli, 1873accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Herdman, E. C. (1923). Notes on dinoflagellates and other organisms causing discolouration of the sand at Port Erin III. Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society. 38: 58-63.

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

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

ecology source

Kim, S.; Yoon, J.; Park, M. G. (2015). Obligate mixotrophy of the pigmented dinoflagellate Polykrikos lebourae (Dinophyceae, Dinoflagellata). ALGAE. 30(1): 35-47.

ecology source

Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4).

ecology source

Leles, S. G.; Mitra, A.; Flynn, K. J.; Tillmann, U.; Stoecker, D.; Jeong, H. J.; Burkholder, J.; Hansen, P. J.; Caron, D. A.; Glibert, P. M.; Hallegraeff, G.; Raven, J. A.; Sanders, R. W.; Zubkov, M. (2019). Sampling bias misrepresents the biogeographical significance of constitutive mixotrophs across global oceans. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28(4): 418-428.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Polykrikos lebourae Herdman, 1923. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109900

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2004-12-21 by Sue Brandt

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