Gambierdiscus carolinianus Litaker, Vandersea, M.A.Faust, Kibler, W.C.Holland & P.A.Tester 2009

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Gambierdiscus carolinianus Litaker, Vandersea, M.A.Faust, Kibler, W.C.Holland & P.A.Tester 2009: 365, figs 25-35

Published in: Litaker, R.W., Vandersea, M.W., Faust, M.A., Kibler, S.R., Chinain, M., Holmes, M.J., Holland, W.C., & Tester, P.A. (2009). Taxonomy of Gambierdiscus including four new species, Gambierdiscus caribaeus, Gambierdiscus carolinianus, Gambierdiscus carpenteri and Gambierdiscus ruetzleri (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae). Phycologia 48(5): 344-390.

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Publication date: 2009

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gambierdiscus is Gambierdiscus toxicus R.Adachi & Y.Fukuyo.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: The continental shelf of North Carolina, USA near Cape Fear (33º38' N, 76º56' W); (Litaker et al. 2009: 365) Holotype: Fig. 25: August 2004; from macroalgae collected at a depth of approx. 45 m; Type Collection of Dinoflagellates, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; SEM stub # 352 (Litaker et al. 2009: 365) Notes: Isotypes: Figs 26-30; SEM stub # 352.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 December 2009 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 June 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024

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