Gyrodinium fusiforme Kofoid & Swezy 1921
Current name: Gyrodinium fusiforme Kofoid & SwezyRobin Raine (Robin.Raine@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Gyrodinium fusiforme Kofoid & Swezy 1921: 307, fig. EE: 4, 8
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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Arctic Ocean; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), fusiform; swollen at the middle and tapering to each end like a spindle; narrowly ellipsoid (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 August 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
Last updated: 30 August 2018
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
