Gymnodinium coronatum var. glabrum Wołoszyńska 1917
Publication Details
Gymnodinium coronatum var. glabrum Wołoszyńska 1917: 121, pl. 11: figs. 20, 21 (as 'glabra')
Published in: Woloszynska, J. (1917). Nowe gatunki Peridineów, tudziez spostrzezenia nad budowa okrywy u Gymnodiniów i Glenodiniów. Neue Perinineen-Arten, nebst Bemerkungen über den bau der Hülle bei Gymno- und Glenodinium. Bulletin International de l'Académie des Sciences de Cracovie. Classe des Sciences Mathematiques et Naturelles. Série B. Sciences Naturelles 1917: 114-122, incl. 3 pls [11-13].
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 Tovellia glabra (Wołoszyńska) Moestrup, K.Lindberg & Daugbjerg.
Source of Synonymy
Lindberg, K., Moestrup, Ø & Daugbjerg, N. (2005). Studies on woloszynskioid dinoflagellates I: Woloszynskia coronata re-examined using light and electron microscopy and partial LSU rDNA sequences, with description of Tovellia gen. nov. and Jadwigia gen. nov. (Tovelliaceae fam. nov.). Phycologia 44: 416-440.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crowned (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 30 October 2002 by Andy Taylor.
Last updated: 05 August 2024
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Nomenclatural note
Lectotype: fig. 20 (Moestrup, Hansen & Daugbjerg 2008: 76). - (19 April 2018) - M.D. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 July 2025