Family Phytodiniaceae

Family Phytodiniaceae

Citation: Phytodiniaceae Klebs, 1912. Diagnosis:Phytodinialeans in which the dominant life-cycle stage is coccoid or amoeboid. Filamentous stages are absent. Type genus: Phytodinium Klebs, 1912. Extant genera: Cystodinedria Pascher, 1944. (=Phytodinedria Pascher, 1944; taxonomic junior synonym according to Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990, p.232) Cystodinium Klebs, 1912. (=Dinorbiculus Baumeister in Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990; name not validly published; taxonomic junior synonym according to Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990, p.222,229) (=Gymnocystodinium Baumeister, 1957; taxonomic junior synonym according to Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990, p.222) (=Ovodinium Baumeister in Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990; name not validly published; taxonomic junior synonym according to Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990, p.222,229) (=Renodinium Baumeister in Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990; name not validly published; taxonomic junior synonym according to Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990, p.222,229) Dinamoeba Pascher, 1916a. (=Dinamoebidium Pascher, 1916b; nomenclatural junior synonym, having same type) Dinastridium Pascher, 1927. (=Bourrellyella Baumeister, 1957; taxonomic junior synonym - see Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990, p.235) Dinococcus Fott, 1960 [inadvertently omitted in Fensome et al. (1993a). (=Raciborskia Woloszynska, 1919; homonym - Dinococcus is substitute) Hemidinium Stein, 1878 (=Gloeodinium Klebs, 1912; taxonomic junior synonym - see Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990, p.151) Hypnodinium Klebs, 1912. Manchudinium Skvortzov, 1972. (=Pentadinium Skvortzov, 1968 [not Gerlach, 1961]; homonym - Manchudinium is substitute) Phytodinium Klebs, 1912. Rhizodinium Baumeister in Bourrelly, 1955. Spiniferodinium Horiguchi and Chihara, 1987. Stylodinium Klebs, 1912. (=Bacadinium Baumeister in Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990; name not validly published; taxonomic junior synonym according to Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990, p.232) (=Coridinium Baumeister in Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990; name not validly published; taxonomic junior synonym according to Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990, p.232) (=Dinopodiella Pascher, 1944; taxonomic junior synonym acc. Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990, p.230) (=Glenobacadinium Baumeister in Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990; name not validly published; taxonomic junior synonym according to Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990, p.232) (=Guttadinium Baumeister in Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990; name not validly published; taxonomic junior synonym according to Popovsky and Pfiester, 1990, p.232) Tetradinium Klebs, 1912.

Parent: Order Phytodiniales