Spirodinium spirale (Bergh) Schütt 1896
Current name:
Gyrodinium spirale (Bergh) Kofoid & Swezy
Port Townsend, Washington, USA; Waterfront Park, Lugol's, 400x, DIC - 04 July 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Spirodinium spirale (Bergh) Schütt 1896: 5, fig. 6.
Published in: Schütt, F. (1896). Peridiniales (Peridineae, Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, arthrodele Flagellaten). Bacillariales (Diatomeae). In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien...I. Teil. Abt. 1b. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds), pp. 1-153. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gyrodinium spirale (Bergh) Kofoid & Swezy.
Basionym
Gymnodinium spirale Bergh
Type Information
Type locality: Denmark: Strib (isl. Fyen); (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spiral (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 September 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 December 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 December 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024