Balechina Loeblich & A.R.Loeblich, 1968

Holotype species: Balechina pachydermata (Kofoid & Swezy) Loeblich & A.R.Loeblich

Currently accepted name for the type species: Balechina gracilis (Bergh) F.Gómez, Artigas & Gast

Original publication and holotype designation: Loeblich, A.R. & Loeblich, A.R. (1968). Index to the Genera, Subgenera, and Sections of the Pyrrhophyta, II. Journal of Paleontology 42(1): 210-213.

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Fossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.

Description: Differs from Gymnodinium Stein by a rigid amphiesma, a feature regarded as distinctive without detailed ultrastructural studies. Emend. F. Gómez, P. López-Garcia, H. Takayam & D. Moreira (2015: 1099).

Information contributed by: M. Elbrächter. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-03-03 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Gómez, F., Artigas, L.F. & Gast, R.J. (2021). Molecular phylogeny and synonymy of Balechina gracilis comb. nov. (=Gymnodinium gracile), a widespread polymorphic unarmored dinoflagellate (Dinophyceae). Journal of Phycology 57: 694-697.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 March 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024