Gymnodinium veneficum D.Ballantine 1956
Publication Details
Gymnodinium veneficum D.Ballantine 1956: 467, figs. 6-17
Published in: Ballantine, D. (1956). Two new marine species of Gymnodinium isolated from the Plymouth area. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 35: 467-474.
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gymnodinium is Gymnodinium fuscum (Ehrenberg) F.Stein.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Karlodinium veneficum (D.Ballantine) J.Larsen.
Source of Synonymy
Bergholtz, T., Daugbjerg, N., Moestrup, O. & Fernández-Tejedor, M. (2006). On the identity of Karlodinium veneficum and description of Karlodinium armiger sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), based on light and electron microscopy, nuclear encoded LSU rDNA and pigment composition. Journal of Phycology 42(1): 170-193.
Type Information
Type locality: Hamoaze, over Rubble Bank, off King William Point, South Yard, Devonport, England; (Bergholtz et al 2006: 189) Holotype: (Faust & Gulledge 2002: 44) Notes: Type culture Plymouth 103; Collector: Mary Parke (INA).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 November 2020
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 November 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
