Gymnodinium helix Pouchet 1887
Publication Details
Gymnodinium helix Pouchet 1887: 94, fig. 1 [text-fig in page 95]
Published in: Pouchet, G. (1887). Quatrième contribution à l'histoire des péridiniens. Journal de l'Anatomie et de la Physiologie Normales et Pathologiques de l'Homme et des Animaux 23: 87-112.
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 Torquentidium helix (Lemmermann) H.H.Shin, Z.Li, K.W.Lee & K.Matsuoka.
Source of Synonymy
Shin, H.H., Li, Z., Lee, K.-W. & Matsuoka, K. (2019). Molecular phylogeny and morphology of Torquentidium gen et comb. nov. for Cochlodinium convolutum and allied species (Ceratoperidiniaceae, Dinophyceae). European Journal of Phycology 54(3): 249-262.
Type Information
Type locality: France: Concarneau; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 September 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 December 2022
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024
