Gymnodinium asymmetricum Massart 1920

Publication Details
Gymnodinium asymmetricum Massart 1920: 133, fig. 22 (as 'asymetricum')

Published in: Massart, J. (1920). Recherches sur les organismes inférieurs. VIII. - Sur la motilité des Flagellates. Bulletin de la Classe des sciences de l'Academie Royale de Belgique, 5^me série 6(4-5): 116-141, 32 figures.

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Publication date: 6 July 1920

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 Katodinium asymmetricum (Massart) A.R.Loeblich.

Source of Synonymy
Loeblich, A.R. (1965). Dinoflagellate nomenclature. Taxon 14: 15-18.

Type Information
Type locality: Belgiumn (Nieuport); (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 16 September 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 June 2024

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Nomenclatural note
"Nomen" in 1901 [INA]. - (20 April 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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