Gyrodinium cuneatum Kofoid & Swezy 1921
Publication Details
Gyrodinium cuneatum Kofoid & Swezy 1921: 297, fig. CC: 17
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 currently regarded as a synonym of Balechina gracilis (Bergh) F.Gómez, Artigas & Gast.
Source of Synonymy
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.
Type Information
Type locality: Atlantic, off Concarneau, France; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), wedge-shaped (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 January 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 January 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
