Gyrodinium cornutum (Pouchet) Kofoid & Swezy 1921

Publication Details
Gyrodinium cornutum (Pouchet) Kofoid & Swezy 1921: 293, fig. EE: 9

Published in: Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921). The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Memoirs of the University of California 5: i-viii, 1-562.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gyrodinium is Gyrodinium spirale (Bergh) Kofoid & Swezy.

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

Basionym
Gymnodinium spirale var. cornutum Pouchet

Type Information
Type locality: "Atlantic off Concarneau, France, June."; (Kofoid & Swezy 1921: 293)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), horned.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 August 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.

Last updated: 31 August 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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