Duboscquella Explained

Duboscquella is a genus of dinoflagellates.^[1]

It was named in reference to Octave Duboscq (1868–1943), who was a French zoologist, mycologist and parasitologist.^[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Édouard (Pierre Léon) Chatton in Arch. Zool. Exp. Gen. Vol.59 on pages 322-325 in 1920.

Notes and References

1. Harada . A.. Ohtsuka . S.. Horiguchi . T.. Species of the parasitic genus Duboscquella are members of the enigmatic Marine Alveolate Group I. Protist. 158. 3. 337–347. 2007. 17560828. 10.1016/j.protis.2007.03.005. 2115/30140. free.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.