Corythodinium elegans

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Corythodinium elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Peridiniales
Family: Oxytoxaceae
Genus: Corythodinium
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Corythodinium elegans
(Pavillard) F.J.R.Taylor, 1976
Synonyms

Oxytoxum elegans Pavill., 1916 [1]

Corythodinium elegans is a species of dinoflagellate in the family Oxytoxaceae. It is found worldwide. The type locality is the Mediterranean. [2] It is also found in Australian [3] and New Zealand waters. [4]

References

  1. J Pavillard, Recherches sur les péridiniens du Golfe du Lion. Trav. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montpellier 4: 43, pl. 2, fig. 4 (1916)
  2. Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world’s oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64(1): 129-212.
  3. McCarthy, 2013
  4. Chang et al., 2012