Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf 1996
Publication Details
Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf 1996: 382, figs 1-39
Published in: Elbrächter, M. & Schnepf, E. (1996). Gymnodinium chlorophorum, a new, green, bloom-forming dinoflagellate (Gymnodinales, Dinophyceae) with a vestigial prasinophyte endosymbiont. Phycologia 35: 381-393, 39 figs.
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gymnodinium is Gymnodinium fuscum (Ehrenberg) F.Stein.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lepidodinium chlorophorum (Elbrächter & Schnepf) Gert Hansen, Botes & Salas.
Source of Synonymy
Hansen, G., Botes, L. & De Salas, M. (2007). Ultrastructure and large subunit rDNA sequences of Lepidodinium viride reveal a close relationship to Lepidodinium chlorophorum comb. nov. (=Gymnodinium chlorophorum). Phycological Research 55(1): 25-41.
Type Information
Type locality: off List/Sylt (55º01.30'N; 08º27.10'E), German Bight, North Sea; (Elbrächter & Schnepf 1996: 382) Holotype: figs 1-39: marine plankton; (Elbrächter & Schnepf 1996: 382)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 June 2022
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
