Gymnodinium glandula Herdman 1924
Publication Details
Gymnodinium glandula Herdman 1924: 81, figs 30, 31
Published in: Herdman, E.C. (1924). Notes on dinoflagellates and other organisms causing discolouration of the sand at Port Erin IV. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 38: 75-84.
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 Aduncodinium glandula (Herdmann) N.S.Kang, H.J.Jeong & Moestrup ex A.Yamaguchi et Hoppenrath.
Source of Synonymy
Reñé, A., Yamaguchi, A., Horiguchi, T., Calado, A.J. & Hoppenrath, M. (2025). On the identity and taxonomic circumscription of the pfiesteriacean genera Aduncodinium and Speroidium (Dinophyceae). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 72(e70015): 1–10.
Type Information
Type locality: on the shore at Port Erin, Isle of Man; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), little gland (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.
Created: 20 September 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 June 2025
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Nomenclatural note
"Glandula" is a noun in apposition, meaning a small gland (first declension noun, feminine). Gland with the suffix -ula is the diminunitive. - (03 March 2016) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 June 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025