Gonyaulax elongata (Reid) Ellegaard, Daugbjerg, Rochon, J.Lewis & Harding 2003

Publication Details
Gonyaulax elongata (Reid) Ellegaard, Daugbjerg, Rochon, J.Lewis & Harding 2003: 154, figs 1-30

Published in: Ellegaard, M., Daugbjerg, N., Rochon, A., Lewis, J. & Harding, I. (2003). Morphological and LSU rDNA sequence variation wihin the Gonyaulax spinifer-Spiniferites group (Dinophyceae) and proposal of G. elongata comb. nov. and G. membranacea comb. nov. Phycologia 42(2): 151-164, 54 figs, 4 tables.

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Publication date: 2003

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gonyaulax is Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Spiniferites elongatus P.C.Reid

Type Information
Type locality: Scotland: Estuary River Ythan (Recent sediments); (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Micropalaeontology Lab., Dept. Geol., Univ. Sheffield ; K 3 1210.352(12) (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), elongated (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 June 2005 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 16 October 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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