Gonyaulax scrippsiae Kofoid 1911
Current name:
Gonyaulax scrippsiae Kofoid
This genus contains species which have a very thick, armoured theca. The girdle is conspicuously offset.Robin Raine (Robin.Raine@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Gonyaulax scrippsiae Kofoid 1911: 228, pl. 16: fig. 38 (as 'scrippsae')
Published in: Kofoid, C.A (1911). Dinoflagellata of the San Diego Region, IV. The genus Gonyaulax with notes on the skeletal morphology. University of California Publications in Zoology 8(4): 187-287, plates 9-17.
Publication date: 14 September 1911
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.
Type Information
Type locality: USA: California: San Pedro and San Diego; (INA 1996)
Eponomy
"Named for Miss Ellen B. Scripps whose interest in marine biology has made possible the foundation of the San Diego Marine Biological Station."
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 July 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 July 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025