Gyrodinium uncatenum Hulburt 1957
Publication Details
Gyrodinium uncatenum Hulburt 1957: 210, pl. 4: figs 1-3
Published in: Hulburt, E.M. (1957). The taxonomy of unarmored Dinophyceae of shallow embayments on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole) 112: 196-219.
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: Uncatena Island, Barnstable Co., Mass. U.S.A.; (Hulburt 1957: 217) Notes: According to Dodge (1982: 107) the type locality is Woods Hole, USA
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 June 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 June 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 January 2025
