Gyrodinium glaucum (Lebour) Kofoid & Swezy 1921
Publication Details
Gyrodinium glaucum (Lebour) Kofoid & Swezy 1921: 308, fig. DD 16, pl. 9, fig. 94
Published in: Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921). The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Memoirs of the University of California 5: i-viii, 1-562.
Request PDFType 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 Lebouridinium glaucum (Lebour) F.Gómez, H.Takayam, D.Moreira & P.López-García.
Source of Synonymy
Gómez, F., Takayama, H., Moreira, D. & López-Garcia, P. (2016). Unarmoured dinoflagellates with a small hyposome: Torodinium and Lebouridinium gen. nov. for Katodinium glaucum (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae). European Journal of Phycology 51(2): 226-241.
Basionym
Spirodinium glaucum Lebour
Type Information
Type locality: Plymouth Sound, England; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), covered with a greyish bloom; blue-grey.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 September 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 May 2016
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 May 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
