Nomenclatural Types:
Holotype:
Prorocentrum norrisianum Faust, 1997: fig. 1
Type Locality:
Caribbean Sea: Twin Cays, Belize, Central America
Etymology:
This species is named in honor of Dr. Dean R. Norris, Professor, Florida Institute of Technology, for his achievements on the physiological ecology of marine dinoflagellates in tropical oceans, and for his pioneering investigations on the taxonomy of potentially toxic benthic dinoflagellates (Faust, 1997).