Gyrodinium spirale (Bergh) Kofoid & Swezy 1921
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
Gyrodinium spirale (Bergh) Kofoid & Swezy 1921: 332, pl. 4: fig. 43, fig. DD, 14
Published in: Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921). The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Memoirs of the University of California 5: i-viii, 1-562.
Original description: 
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Gyrodinium.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Gymnodinium spirale Bergh
Type Information
Type locality: Denmark: Strib (isl. Fyen); (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spiral (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 December 2019
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Citing AlgaeBase
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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 21 November 2024
