Gymnodinium corpusculum (Perty) Kent 1881
Publication Details
Gymnodinium corpusculum (Perty) Kent 1881: 443
Published in: Kent, W.S. (1881). A manual of the Infusoria: including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate and tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organisation and affinities of the sponges. Vol. 1(4) pp. 433-472, plates 25-32. London: D. Bogue.
Request PDFPublication date: July 1881
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gymnodinium is Gymnodinium fuscum (Ehrenberg) F.Stein.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Basionym
Peridinium corpusculum Perty
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 28 April 2013 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 April 2025
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Taxonomic note
Moestrup & Calado (2018: 473) note, with respect to the basionym, "Described with epi- and hypocone of different sizes. The illustrations show a number of aspects that are difficult to interpret. Reliable identification is not possible." - (31 August 2020) - M.D. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2025
