Oxytoxum elegans is a species of dinoflagellates in the order Prorocentrales that was formerly classified as belonging to Peridiniales.[2] It is found in the Gulf of Mexico, the Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone waters and the North Atlantic Ocean.

Oxytoxum elegans
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O. elegans
Binomial name
Oxytoxum elegans
Synonyms
  • Centrodinium elegans (Pavillard) F.J.R.Taylor, 1976
  • Centrodinium frenguellii (Rampi) F.J.R.Taylor, 1976

References

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  1. ^ Recherches sur les péridiniens du Golfe du Lion. J Pavillard, 1916
  2. ^ Gottschling M, Wietkamp S, Bantle A, Tillmann U (2024-03-20). "Oxytoxaceae are prorocentralean rather than peridinialean dinophytes and taxonomic clarification of heterotrophic Oxytoxum lohmannii (≡ "Amphidinium" crassum) by epitypification". Sci Rep. 14 (6689). Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  • Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64(1): 129-212.