Gyrodinium falcatum Kofoid & Swezy 1921
Publication Details
Gyrodinium falcatum Kofoid & Swezy 1921: 299, fig. CC: 11
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
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gyrodinium is Gyrodinium spirale (Bergh) Kofoid & Swezy.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseliodinium fusus (F.Schütt) F.Gómez.
Source of Synonymy
Gómez, F. (2018). Redefinition of Ceratoperidinium and Pseliodinium (Ceratoperidiniaceae, Dinophyceae) including reassignment of Gymnodinium fuscus, Cochlodinium helix and C. pirum to Pseliodinium. CICIMAR Oceánides 33(1): 1-11, 103 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Atlantic (?) or Bay of Naples; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), shaped like a sickle.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 August 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
Last updated: 11 October 2018
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024
