Gymnodinium minor Lebour 1917
Publication Details
Gymnodinium minor Lebour 1917: 192, fig. 8
Published in: Lebour, M.V. (1917). The Peridiniales of Plymouth Sound from the region beyond the Breakwater. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 11: 183-200.
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gymnodinium is Gymnodinium fuscum (Ehrenberg) F.Stein.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), smaller, inferior, lesser (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 August 2018
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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: name only in Massart (1901); also in Conrad (1926: 84, legend to fig. E0. - (19 April 2018) - M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025
