Gymnodinium tenuissimum Lauterborn 1894
Publication Details
Gymnodinium tenuissimum Lauterborn 1894: 396
Published in: Lauterborn, R. (1894). Ueber die Winterfauna einiger Gewässer der Oberrheinebene. Mit Beschreibungen neuer Protozoën. Biologisches Zentralblatt 14(11): 390-398.
Publication date: 1 June 1894
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gymnodinium is Gymnodinium fuscum (Ehrenberg) F.Stein.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Borghiella tenuissima (Lauterborn) Moestrup, Gert Hansen & Daugbjerg.
Source of Synonymy
Moestrup, Ø., Hansen, G. & Daugbjerg, N. (2008). Studies on woloszynskioid dinoflagellates III: on the ultrastructure and phylogeny of Borghiella dodgei gen. et sp. nov., a cold-water species from Lake Tovel, N. Italy, and on B. tenuissima comb. nov. (syn. Woloszynskia tenuissima). Phycologia 47: 54-78.
Type Information
Type locality: Germany: Maudach near Ludwigshafen a. Rhein; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very fine (Lewis & Short 1890).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 14 August 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
Last updated: 27 April 2025
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Nomenclatural notes
Moestrup et al. (2008:74) cite Gymnodinium tenuissimum Lauterborn 1899: 388, pl. XVIII, fig. 26. - (05 November 2008) - G.M. Guiry
Popovsky & Pfiester (1990: 147) cite the authorities for this species as Gymnodinium tenuissimum Lauterborn 1894. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025
