Gyrodinium instriatum Freudenthal & J.J.Lee 1963
Publication Details
Gyrodinium instriatum Freudenthal & J.J.Lee 1963: 183, figs 8-17
Published in: Freudenthal, H.D. & Lee, J.J. (1963). Glenodinium halli n. sp. and Gyrodinium n. sp., dinoflagellates from New York Waters. Journal of Protozoology 10: 182-189.
Original description: 
Type 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 Levanderina fissa (Levander) Moestrup, Hakanen, Gert Hansen, Daugbjerg & M.Ellegaard.
Source of Synonymy
Moestrup, O., Hakanen, P., Hansen, G., Daugbjerg, N. & Ellegaard, M. (2014). On Levanderina fissa gen. & comb. nov. (Dinophyceae) (syn. Gymnodinium fissum, Gyrodinium instriatum, Gyr. uncatenum), a dinoflagellate with a very unusual sulcus. Phycologia 53(3): 265-292, 77 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Great South Bay, off Seaford, Long Island. N.Y.; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 May 2003 by Mairead Murphy.
Last updated: 13 June 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 June 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
