Amphidinium vasculum Kofoid & Swezy 1921

Publication Details
Amphidinium vasculum Kofoid & Swezy 1921: 156, fig. U: 27

Published in: Kofoid, C.A. & Swezy, O. (1921). The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Memoirs of the University of California 5: i-viii, 1-562.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Amphidinium is Amphidinium operculatum Claparède & Lachmann.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Balechina gracilis (Bergh) F.Gómez, Artigas & Gast.

Source of Synonymy
Gómez, F., Artigas, L.F. & Gast, R.J. (2021). Molecular phylogeny and synonymy of Balechina gracilis comb. nov. (=Gymnodinium gracile), a widespread polymorphic unarmored dinoflagellate (Dinophyceae). Journal of Phycology 57: 694-697.

Type Information
Type locality: Pacific, off La Jolla, California; (INA 1996) Type: August; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 June 2005 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 04 January 2022

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 January 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025

 
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