Gyrodinium pavillardii Biecheler 1952
Publication Details
Gyrodinium pavillardii Biecheler 1952: 42, figs XIX, LXVII, LXX [19, 67, 70]
Published in: Biecheler, B. (1952). Recherches sur les Péridiniens. Bulletin Biologique de France et de Belgique. Supplément 36: [1]-vi, [1]-149, avec 75 figs.
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 Levanderina fissa (Levander) Moestrup, Hakanen, Gert Hansen, Daugbjerg & M.Ellegaard.
Source of Synonymy
Moestrup, O., Hakanen, P., Hansen, G., Daugbjerg, N. & Ellegaard, M. (2014). On Levanderina fissa gen. & comb. nov. (Dinophyceae) (syn. Gymnodinium fissum, Gyrodinium instriatum, Gyr. uncatenum), a dinoflagellate with a very unusual sulcus. Phycologia 53(3): 265-292, 77 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Etang de Thau, France; (Moestrup & al. 2014: 265)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. 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 22 November 2024
