Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Myzozoa > Subphylum Dinozoa > Infraphylum Dinoflagellata > Class Dinophyceae > Order Noctilucales > Family Protodiniferaceae > Genus Pronoctiluca

Pronoctiluca pelagica Fabre-Domergue, 1889

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pronoctiluca*	Fabre-Domergue, 1889	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Fabre-Domergue (1889). Sur une nouvelle forme de Colopode (Colpoda henneguyi) et sur un flagellé pélagique. Annales de Micrographie, 1: 353-357, pl. 3.
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
additional source	Steidinger, K. A., M. A. Faust, and D. U. Hernández-Becerril. 2009. Dinoflagellates (Dinoflagellata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 131–154 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College
additional source	Kofoid, C.A. (1931). Report of the biological survey of Mutsu Bay. 18. Protozoan Fauna of Mutsu Bay. Subclass Dinoflagellata; Tribe Gymnodinioidae. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University. Fourth Series, Biology. 6(1): 1-43.
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.
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.
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). Pronoctiluca pelagica Fabre-Domergue, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109903