Gymnodinium heterostriatum Kofoid & Swezy 1921
Publication Details
Gymnodinium heterostriatum Kofoid & Swezy 1921: 221, pl. 2, fig. 24, pl. 5, fig. 56, text fig. Y, 7
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 (lectotype) of the genus Gymnodinium is Gymnodinium fuscum (Ehrenberg) F.Stein.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gyrodinium heterostriatum (Kofoid & Swezy) F.Gómez, Artigas & Gast.
Source of Synonymy
Gómez, F., Artigas, L.F. & Gast, R.J. (2020). Phylogeny and synonymy of Gyrodinium heterostriatum comb. nov. (Dinophyceae), a common unarmored dinoflagellate in the world oceans. Acta Protozoologica 59(2): 77-98, 4 figures, 1 table, 8 supplementary figures, 1 supplementary table.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 August 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
Last updated: 12 April 2021
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
