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

Tripos furca (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tripos*	Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ceratium furca*	(Ehrenberg) Claparède & Lachmann, 1859	synonym
*Neoceratium furca*	(Ehrenberg) F.Gomez, D.Moreira & P.Lopez-Garcia, 2010	synonym
*Peridinium furca*	Ehrenberg, 1834	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
ecology source	Li, A.; Stoecker, D.; Coats, D.; Adam, E. (1996). Ingestion of fluorescently labeled and phycoerythrin-containing prey by mixotrophic dinoflagellates. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 10: 139-147.
ecology source	Chang, J.; Carpenter, E. J. (1994). Inclusion bodies in several species of Ceratium Schrank (Dinophyceae) from the Caribbean Sea examined with DNA-specific staining. Journal of Plankton Research. 16(2): 197-202.
ecology source	Smalley, G.; Coats, D.; Stoecker, D. (2003). Feeding in the mixotrophic dinoflagellate Ceratium furca is influenced by intracellular nutrient concentrations. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 262: 137-151.
ecology source	Smalley, G. W.; Coats, D. W. (2002). Ecology of the Red‐Tide Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca: Distribution, Mixotrophy, and Grazing Impact on Ciliate Populations of Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 49(1): 63-73.
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	Bockstahler, K. R.; Coats, D. W. (1993). Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Mixotrophy In Chesapeake Bay Dinoflagellates. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 40(1): 49-60.
ecology source	Smalley, G.; Coats, D.; Stoecker, D. (2012). Influence of inorganic nutrients, irradiance, and time of day on food uptake by the mixotrophic dinoflagellate Neoceratium furca. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 68(1): 29-41.
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

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). Tripos furca (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, 2013. 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:840627