Gonyaulax digitalis (Pouchet) Kofoid 1911

Current name: Gonyaulax digitalis (Pouchet) Kofoid
This genus contains species which have a very thick, armoured theca. The girdle is conspicuously offset.Robin Raine (Robin.Raine@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Gonyaulax digitalis (Pouchet) Kofoid 1911: 214, pl. 9: figs. 1-5 (as 'digitale')

Published in: Kofoid, C.A (1911). Dinoflagellata of the San Diego Region, IV. The genus Gonyaulax with notes on the skeletal morphology. University of California Publications in Zoology 8(4): 187-287, plates 9-17.

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Publication date: 14 September 1911

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gonyaulax is Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing.

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

Basionym
Protoperidinium digitale Pouchet

Type Information
Type locality: W. France: Concarneau (Finistère); (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 July 2024

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Nomenclatural note
See Mertens & al. (2018) for a discussion of the correct orthography for the epithet. While the name Gonyaulax is feminine, the epithet is a noun in opposition and retains its own gender. - (23 June 2021) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 July 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025