Family Prorocentraceae

Family Prorocentraceae

Citation: Prorocentraceae Stein, 1883. Diagnosis:As for the subclass Prorocentrophycidae. Type genus: Prorocentrum Ehrenberg, 1834. Extant genera: Haplodinium Klebs, 1912. Mesoporus Lillick, 1937. (=Dinoporella Halim, 1960b, nomenclatural junior synonym, having same type) (=Porella Schiller, 1928a; homonym - Mesoporus is substitute) (=Porotheca Silva, 1960; nomenclatural junior synonym, having same type) Prorocentrum Ehrenberg, 1834. (=Dinopyxis Stein, 1883; taxonomic junior synonym implied in Schiller, 1931, p.16) (=Exuviaella Cienkowski, 1881; taxonomic junior synonym - see Fensome et al., 1993b, p.160) (=Postprorocentrum Gourret, 1883; taxonomic junior synonym - see Fensome et al., 1993b, p.160)

Parent: Order Prorocentrales