Ceratoperidinium

Ceratoperidinium is a genus of dinoflagellates in the order Gymnodiniales.^[1] The genus contains two species.^[2] It was first created in 1969 by Margalef, with Ceratoperidinium yeye as the type species. However, because it was not correctly described it was considered invalid, as was C. yeye.^[3] In 1980, Lobelich III described the genus as Ceratoperidinium Margalef ex Loeblich III, renaming C. yeye as C. margalefii.^[3] In 2014, Gyrodinium falcatum was reassigned to Ceratoperidinium based on genetic analysis.^[3]

Ceratoperidinium
Ceratoperidinium margalefii
Scientific classification
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Dinoflagellata
Class:	Dinophyceae
Order:	Gymnodiniales
Family:	Ceratoperidiniaeceae
Genus:	Ceratoperidinium Margalef ex A.R.Loeblich, III, 1980
Species
Ceratoperidinium falcatum Ceratoperidinium margalefii