Gyrodinium

<i>Gyrodinium</i>

Gyrodinium

Genus of protists

Gyrodinium is a genus of dinoflagellates belonging to the order Gymnodiniales within class Dinophyceae.[1]

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The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1] World Register of Marine Species lists 141 species, with many synonyms.[2]

They are heterotrophic (cannot produce its own food) and feed on diatoms (such as Chaetoceros debilis) that can be up to 12 times their length.[3] They are 'naked' dinoflagellates, meaning they lack armor (or cellulosic plates).[4]

Species

spindle-shaped Gyrodinium dinoflagellate, from the Thau Lagoon of Sète, France

54 species, as accepted by the GBIF:[1]

  • Gyrodinium aciculatum
  • Gyrodinium ascendans
  • Gyrodinium aureum (W.Conrad) J.Schiller
  • Gyrodinium britannicum Kof. & Swezy
  • Gyrodinium calyptoglyphe Lebour, 1925
  • Gyrodinium calyptroglyphe
  • Gyrodinium capsulatum
  • Gyrodinium carteretensis
  • Gyrodinium caudatum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
  • Gyrodinium citrinum
  • Gyrodinium cochlea Lebour, 1925
  • Gyrodinium complanatum
  • Gyrodinium corallinum Kofoid & Swezy
  • Gyrodinium crassum (Pouchet) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
  • Gyrodinium dominans Hulburt, 1957
  • Gyrodinium estuariale Hulburt, 1957
  • Gyrodinium falcatum Kof. & Swezy
  • Gyrodinium ferrugineum
  • Gyrodinium flagellare Schiller, 1928
  • Gyrodinium flavum
  • Gyrodinium formosum
  • Gyrodinium fusiforme Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
  • Gyrodinium fusus (Meunier) Akselman
  • Gyrodinium glaebum
  • Gyrodinium grave (Meunier) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
  • Gyrodinium grossestriatum
  • Gyrodinium helveticum (Penard) Y.Takano & T.Horig.
  • Gyrodinium herbaceum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
  • Gyrodinium hyalinum (A.J.Schill.) Kof. & Swezy
  • Gyrodinium instriatum Freudenthal & Lee
  • Gyrodinium katodiniaescens
  • Gyrodinium lachryma (Meunier) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
  • Gyrodinium lacryna
  • Gyrodinium lebourae
  • Gyrodinium lingulifera Lebour, 1925
  • Gyrodinium longum (Lohmann) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
  • Gyrodinium metum
  • Gyrodinium mundulum
  • Gyrodinium nasutum (A.Wulff) J.Schiller
  • Gyrodinium ochraceum Kof. & Swezy
  • Gyrodinium pellucidum (A.Wulff) J.Schiller
  • Gyrodinium pepo (Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
  • Gyrodinium pingue (Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
  • Gyrodinium prunus (A.Wulff) M.Lebour
  • Gyrodinium pulchellum
  • Gyrodinium pusillum (A.J.Schill.) Kof. & Swezy
  • Gyrodinium resplendens Hulburt, 1957
  • Gyrodinium spirale (Bergh) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
  • Gyrodinium stratissimum
  • Gyrodinium submarinum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
  • Gyrodinium uncatenatum Hulbert, 1957
  • Gyrodinium undulans Hulburt
  • Gyrodinium varians (A.Wulff) J.Schiller
  • Gyrodinium wulffii J.Schill

References

  1. [1]
    "Gyrodinium Kofoid & Swezy, 1921". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Gyrodinium Kofoid & Swezy, 1921". www.marinespecies.org. WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. [3]
    Saito, Hiroaki; Ota, Takashi; Suzuki, Koji; Nishioka, Jun; Tsuda, Atsushi (5 May 2006). "Role of heterotrophic dinoflagellate Gyrodinium sp. in the fate of an iron induced diatom bloom". Geophysical Research Letters. 33 (9). Bibcode:2006GeoRL..33.9602S. doi:10.1029/2005GL025366.
  4. [4]
    "Dinoflagellate, Gyrodinium". nathistoc.bio.uci.edu. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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