Gyrodinium vorticella (F.Stein) Er.Lindemann 1928
Publication details
Gyrodinium vorticella (F.Stein) Er.Lindemann 1928: 259 (as 'vorticellae' )
Published in: Lindemann, E. (1928). Vorläufige Mitteilung. Archiv für Protistenkunde 63(1-2): 259-260.
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Publication date: 15 August 1928
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 Opisthoaulax vorticella (F.Stein) Calado
Basionym
Gymnodinium vorticella F.Stein
Type information
Type locality: near Prague, Czech Republic (Stein 1883: expl. pl. III: figs 1-4).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Source of current name
Calado, A.J. (2011). On the identity of the freshwater dinoflagellate Glenodinium edax, with a discussion on the genera Tyrannodinium and Katodinium, and the description of Opisthoaulax gen. nov. Phycologia 50(6): 641-649.
Key references
Lindemann, E. (1928). Abteilung Peridineae (Dinoflagellatae). In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtgeren Arten inbesodere den Nutzpflanzen unter Mirwirkung zahlreichter hervorrangender Fachgelehrten begründet vom A. Engler und K. Prantl. Zweite Stark. (Engler, A. Eds), pp. [3]-104. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engleman.
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