Gymnodinium instriatum (Freudenthal & J.J.Lee) D.W.Coats 2002
Publication Details
Gymnodinium instriatum (Freudenthal & J.J.Lee) D.W.Coats 2002: 522
Published in: Coats, D.W. & Park, M.G. (2002). Parasitism of photosynthetic dinoflagellates by three strains of Amoebophyra (Dinophyta): parasite survival, infectivity, generation time and host specificity. Journal of Phycology 38: 520-528.
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 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.
Basionym
Gyrodinium instriatum Freudenthal & J.J.Lee
Type Information
Type locality: Great South Bay, off Seaford, Long Island. N.Y.; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 June 2005 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 03 July 2014
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 July 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 January 2025
