Gymnodinium vestifici Schütt 1895
Publication Details
Gymnodinium vestifici Schütt 1895: 168, pl. 25: fig. 85
Published in: Schütt, F. (1895). Die Peridineen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung 4: 1-170, 27 pls.
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 Kapelodinium vestifici (Schütt) Boutrup, Moestrup & Daugbjerg.
Source of Synonymy
Boutrup, P.V., Moestrup, Ø., Tillmann, U. & Daugbjerg, M (2016). Katodinium glaucum (Dinophyceae) revisited: proposal of new genus, family and order based on ultrastructure and phylogeny. Phycologia 55(2): 147-164, 45 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Atlantic Ocean; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), of the tailor [genitive singular of vestificus: vestis-facio]; perhaps referring to a tailor's needle. (Lewis & Short 1890).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 August 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
Last updated: 07 December 2018
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 December 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
