Gyrodinium acutum (F.Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy 1921
Publication Details
Gyrodinium acutum (F.Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy 1921: 285
Published in: Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921). The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Memoirs of the University of California 5: i-viii, 1-562.
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gyrodinium is Gyrodinium spirale (Bergh) Kofoid & Swezy.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Gyrodinium spirale var. acutum F.Schütt
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), acute, pointed; i.e. narrowing gradually and making an angle of less than 90° (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 April 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
