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

Ornithocercus Stein, 1883

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オルニトケルクス属

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	Kofoid, C.A.; Skogsberg, T. (1928). Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" from October 1904 to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding. [No.] XXXV. The Dinoflagellata: the Dinophysoidae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 51: 1-766.
additional source	Abé, T.H. (1967). The armoured Dinoflagellata: II. Prorocentridae and Dinophysidae (C) - Ornithocercus, Histioneis, Amphisolenia and others. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 15(2): 79-116.
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.
ecology source	Leles, S. G.; Mitra, A.; Flynn, K. J.; Stoecker, D. K.; Hansen, P. J.; Calbet, A.; McManus, G. B.; Sanders, R. W.; Caron, D. A.; Not, F.; Hallegraeff, G. M.; Pitta, P.; Raven, J. A.; Johnson, M. D.; Glibert, P. M.; Våge, S. (2017). Oceanic protists with different forms of acquired phototrophy display contrasting biogeographies and abundance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284(1860): 20170664.

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). Ornithocercus Stein, 1883. 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:109464