Esoptrodinium gemma Javornicky 1997

Publication Details
Esoptrodinium gemma Javornicky 1997: 36, fig. 2, table II [2]

Published in: Javornicky, P. (1997). Bernardinium Chodat (Dinophyceae), an athecate dinoflagellate with reverse, right-handed course of the cingulum and transverse flagellum, and Esoptrodinium genus novum, its mirror-symmetrical pendant. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement 122 (Algological Studies 87): 29-42.

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Esoptrodinium.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Czech Republic: reservoir on Zelivka river near Sedlice; (INA 1996) Type: Table II: 1a-c: (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), bud, eye (of a plant), jewel, precious stone (Brown 1946).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 October 2018

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Taxonomic note
= Bernardinium bernardinense sensu auctt. non sensu Chodat ( Calado et al., 2006) - (26 September 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 July 2025