Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Myzozoa > Subphylum Dinozoa > Infraphylum Dinoflagellata > Class Dinophyceae > Subclass Peridiniphycidae > Order Peridiniales > Family Peridiniaceae > Genus Peridinium

Peridinium gargantua Biecheler, 1952

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Peridinium*	Ehrenberg, 1830	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Biecheler, B. (1936). Des conditions et du mécanisme de la prédation chez un dinoflagellé enveloppe tabulée, Peridinium gargantua, n. sp. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie et des ses Filiales, 121: 1054-1056.
basis of record	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	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). Peridinium gargantua Biecheler, 1952. 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:110185