Gyrodinium dominans Hulburt 1957
Publication details
Gyrodinium dominans Hulburt 1957: 212, pl. 3: figs 1-3
Published in: Hulburt, E.M. (1957). The taxonomy of unarmored Dinophyceae of shallow embayments on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole) 112: 196-219.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gyrodinium is Gyrodinium spirale (Bergh) Kofoid & Swezy.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type information
Type locality: Great Pond, Barnstable Co., Mass. (INA 1996).
Origin of species name
Participle B (Latin), dominating, dominant (Stearn 1983).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Nomenclatural notes
1957: 218 (INA). - (11 Jul 2014) - G.M. Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Gyrodinium dominans Hulburt)
Europe: Baltic Sea (Hällfors 2004), Denmark (Strom et al. 2013), Portugal (Moita & Vilarinho 1999), Scandinavia (Karlason & al. 2018).
N. America: Massachusetts (Hulburt 1957).
Middle East: Saudi Arabia (Prabowo & Agusti 2019).
Asia: China (Liu 2008), Korea (Lee et al. 2014, Lim et al. 2017 
, Kim et al. 2017, Kim et al. 2019, Park & al. 2024).
Australia and New Zealand: Australia (McCarthy 2013).
World: World (Gómez 2005, Gómez 2012).
Key references
Bérard-Therriault, L., Poulin, M. & Bossé, L. (1999). Guide d'identification du phytoplancton marin de l'estuaire et du Golfe du Saint-Laurent incluant également certains protozoaires. Vol. 128 pp. 1-387, 11 figures, 17 tables, 159 plates. Ottawa: Conseil national de recherches du Canada / National Research Council Canada.
Hoppenrath, M., Chomérat, N., Horiguchi, T., Murray, S.A. & Rhodes, L. (2023). Marine benthic dinoflagellates - their relevance for science and society. Second revised edition. Senckenberg-Buch 88. pp. [1]-376. Frankfurt am Main: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung.
Hoppenrath, M., Murray, S.A., Chomérat, N. & Horiguchi, T. (2014). Marine benthic dinoflagellates - unveiling their worldwide biodiversity. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe Vol. 54. pp. [1]-276. Frankfurt am Main & Stuttgart: V. Mosbrugger & E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
Lindberg, K., Moestrup, Ø & Daugbjerg, N. (2005). Studies on woloszynskioid dinoflagellates I: Woloszynskia coronata re-examined using light and electron microscopy and partial LSU rDNA sequences, with description of Tovellia gen. nov. and Jadwigia gen. nov. (Tovelliaceae fam. nov.). Phycologia 44: 416-440.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 13 June 2024 by M.D. Guiry
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References
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Lee, S.Y., Jeong, H.J., Kang, H.C., Ok, J.H., You, J.H., Park, S.A. & Eom, S.H. (2021 ). Comparison of the spatial-temporal distributions of the heterotrophic dinoflagellates Gyrodinium dominans, G. jinhaense & G. moestrupii in Korean coastal waters. Algae 36(1): 37-50.
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