Gymnodinium pygmaeum Lebour 1925
Publication Details
Gymnodinium pygmaeum Lebour 1925: 38, pl. 4: fig. 4
Published in: Lebour, M.V. (1925). The dinoflagellates of northern seas. pp. [i]-vii, [1]-250. Plymouth: Published by the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
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.
Type Information
Type locality: English Channel, half-way between Plymouth and the French Coast; (Moestrup, Lindberg & Daugbjerg 2009) Type: May 1923; (Moestrup, Lindberg & Daugbjerg 2009)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pygmy, dwarf (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 August 2018
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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 18 April 2024
