Spirodinium glaucum Lebour 1917
Publication Details
Spirodinium glaucum Lebour 1917: 196, figs. 13a-f
Published in: Lebour, M.V. (1917). Microplankton of Plymouth Sound from the region beyond the breakwater. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 11: 133-182.
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 Lebouridinium glaucum (Lebour) F.Gómez, H.Takayam, D.Moreira & P.López-García.
Source of Synonymy
Gómez, F., Takayama, H., Moreira, D. & López-Garcia, P. (2016). Unarmoured dinoflagellates with a small hyposome: Torodinium and Lebouridinium gen. nov. for Katodinium glaucum (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae). European Journal of Phycology 51(2): 226-241.
Type Information
Type locality: Plymouth Sound, England; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), covered with a greyish bloom; blue-grey.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 September 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 May 2016
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Taxonomic note
Spirodinium glaucum Lebour 1917, Gyrodinium glaucum(Lebour) Kofoid & Swezy 1921, Massartia glauca (Lebour) Schiller 1933 and Katodinium glaucum (Lebour) Loeblich III 1965 are cited as synonyms of Kapelodinium vestifici by Boutrup et al. (2016: 151). - (06 May 2016) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 May 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2025
