Gonyaulax scrippsae Kofoid 1911

Current name:
Gonyaulax scrippsae Kofoid
This genus contains species which have a very thick, armoured theca. The girdle is conspicuously offset.Robin Raine (Robin.Raine@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Gonyaulax scrippsae Kofoid 1911: 228, pl. 13: figs 26-27
Published in: Kofoid, C.A (1911). Dinoflagellata of the San Diego Region, IV. The genus Gonyaulax with notes on the skeletal morphology. University of California Publications in Zoology 8(4): 187-287, pls 9-17.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gonyaulax is Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: USA: California: San Pedro and San Diego; (Index Nominum Algarum)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 June 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 June 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 December 2023