Gonyaulax apiculata Entz 1904
Publication details
Gonyaulax apiculata Entz 1904: 12, fig. 4
Published in: Entz, G. (1904). Die Fauna der kontinentalen Kochsalzwässer. Mathematische und naturwissenschaftliche Berichte aus Ungarn 19: 89-144, figs. A-C, A, B.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gonyaulax is Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gonyaulax clevei Ostenfeld
Type information
Type locality: Lake Geneva, Switzerland (Penard 1891: 51).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), ending abruptly in a sharp point or apiculum (Stearn 1973).
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Gonyaulax austriaca J.Schiller 1926
Nomenclatural notes
Although proposed as a new combination for Peridinium apiculatum Penard, an illegitimate name; Entz's name can be treated as a new name under Art. 58.1 of the ICN. - (12 Jun 2014) - M.D. Guiry
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Gonyaulax apiculata Entz)
Europe: Baltic Sea (Hällfors 2004), Black Sea (Goméz & Boicenco 2004, BSPC Editorial Board 2014, Krakhmalnyi et al. 2018, Zotov 2018), Romania (Caraus 2017), Scandinavia (Karlason & al. 2018), Slovakia (Hindák & Hindáková 2016), Spain (Alvárez Cobelas 1984).
North America: Mexico (Pacific) (Okolodkov & Gárate Lizárraga 2006).
South America: Brazil (Odebrecht 2010).
Asia: Russia (Far East) (Shevchenko & al. 2019), Russia (Sea of Japan) (Gail 1950 
).
Australia and New Zealand: Australia (McCarthy 2013).
World: World (Gómez 2005, Gómez 2012).
Source of current name
Moestrup, Ø. & Calado, A.J. (2018). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Freshwater Flora of Central Europe, Volume 6: Dinophyceae. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-560, 421 figs. Berlin: Springer Spektrum.
Key references
Carty, S. (2014). Freshwater dinoflagellates of North America. pp. [i]-viii, [2], [1]-260, 153 figs. Ithaca & London: Comstock Publishing Associates. A division of Cornell University Press.
Dillard, G.E. (2007). Freshwater algae of the southeastern United States Part 8. Chrysophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Cryptophyceae and Dinophyceae. Bibliotheca Phycologica 112: [i-vi], 1-127, 22 pls.
Krakhmalny, A.F. [Krachmalny, A.F.] (2011). Dinophyta of Ukraine (illustrated book for identification). pp. [1]-442, 32 figs, 117 pls. Kiev: Alterpres. [in Russian]
Popovsky, J. & Pfiester, L.A. (1990). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Vol. 6. Dinophyceae (Dinoflagellida). pp. 1-272. Jena & Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.
Schiller, J. (1935). Dinoflagellatae (Peridineae). In: Dr. L. Rabenhosrst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 2. Aufl. X. Band, 3. Abt. 2 Teil. ( Eds), pp. 1-320. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H..
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