Gyrodinium

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Gyrodinium
Gyrodinium spirale.jpg
Gyrodinium spiraleKofoid and Swezy, 1921
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Myzozoa
Superclass: Dinoflagellata
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Gymnodiniales
Family: Gymnodiniaceae
Genus: Gyrodinium
Kofoid & Swezy, 1921

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

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gyrodinium Kofoid & Swezy, 1921". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Gyrodinium Kofoid & Swezy, 1921". www.marinespecies.org. WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  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. ↑ "Dinoflagellate, Gyrodinium". nathistoc.bio.uci.edu. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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