Dinophysis caudata var. tripos (Gourret) G.I.Gail 1950

Publication Details
Dinophysis caudata var. tripos (Gourret) G.I.Gail 1950: 27, pl. 5: fig. 7

Published in: Gail, G.I. (1950). Opredelitel' fitoplanktona Yaponskogo morya [Manual for identification of the phytoplankton of the Sea of Japan]. Izvestiya Tikhookeanskogo Nauchno-issledovatel'skogo Instituta Rybnogo Khozyaystva 33(1): 1-177, 27 plates. [in Russian]

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Publication date: 1950

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dinophysis is Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dinophysis tripos Gourret.

Source of Synonymy
Steidinger, K.A. & Tangen, K. (1996). Dinoflagellates. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 387-584. San Diego: Academic Press.

Basionym
Dinophysis tripos Gourret

Type Information
Type locality: Mediterranean Sea: Gulf of Marseille, France; (Faust & Gulledge 2002: 35) Holotype: (Faust & Gulledge 2002: 35)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), caudate, i.e., ending with a tail-like appendage (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 September 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 July 2021

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Taxonomic note
Faust & Gulledge (2002: 35) note a synonomy between this species and Dinophysis tripos Gorret (1883). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 July 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025

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