Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Myzozoa > Subphylum Dinozoa > Infraphylum Dinoflagellata > Class Dinophyceae > Order Dinophysiales > Family Dinophysiaceae

Ornithocercus Stein, 1883

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ornithocercus bilobatus Rampi, 1950
Ornithocercus carolinae Kofoid
Ornithocercus francescae (Murray) Balech, 1962
Ornithocercus geniculatus Dangeard, 1927
Ornithocercus heteroporus Kofoid, 1907
Ornithocercus magnificus Stein, 1883
Ornithocercus quadratus Schütt, 1900
Ornithocercus splendidus F.Schütt, 1895
Ornithocercus steinii Schütt, 1900
Ornithocercus thumii (Schmidt) Kofoid & Skogsberg, 1928

Literature

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	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Ornithocercus Stein, 1883. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109464