Gyrodinium Explained
Gyrodinium is a genus of dinoflagellates belonging to the order Gymnodiniales within class Dinophyceae.[1]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. 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
54 species, as accepted by the GBIF:
- Gyrodinium aciculatum
- Gyrodinium ascendans
- Gyrodinium aureum
- Gyrodinium britannicum
- Gyrodinium calyptoglyphe
- Gyrodinium calyptroglyphe
- Gyrodinium capsulatum
- Gyrodinium carteretensis
- Gyrodinium caudatum
- Gyrodinium citrinum
- Gyrodinium cochlea
- Gyrodinium complanatum
- Gyrodinium corallinum
- Gyrodinium crassum
- Gyrodinium dominans
- Gyrodinium estuariale
- Gyrodinium falcatum
- Gyrodinium ferrugineum
- Gyrodinium flagellare
- Gyrodinium flavum
- Gyrodinium formosum
- Gyrodinium fusiforme
- Gyrodinium fusus
- Gyrodinium glaebum
- Gyrodinium grave
- Gyrodinium grossestriatum
- Gyrodinium helveticum
- Gyrodinium herbaceum
- Gyrodinium hyalinum
- Gyrodinium instriatum
- Gyrodinium katodiniaescens
- Gyrodinium lachryma
- Gyrodinium lacryna
- Gyrodinium lebourae
- Gyrodinium lingulifera
- Gyrodinium longum
- Gyrodinium metum
- Gyrodinium mundulum
- Gyrodinium nasutum
- Gyrodinium ochraceum
- Gyrodinium pellucidum
- Gyrodinium pepo
- Gyrodinium pingue
- Gyrodinium prunus
- Gyrodinium pulchellum
- Gyrodinium pusillum
- Gyrodinium resplendens
- Gyrodinium spirale
- Gyrodinium stratissimum
- Gyrodinium submarinum
- Gyrodinium uncatenatum
- Gyrodinium undulans
- Gyrodinium varians
- Gyrodinium wulffii
Notes and References
- Web site: Gyrodinium Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 . www.gbif.org . 24 April 2021 . en.
- Web site: Gyrodinium Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 . www.marinespecies.org . WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species . 5 September 2022.
- Saito . Hiroaki . Ota . Takashi . Suzuki . Koji . Nishioka . Jun . Tsuda . Atsushi . Role of heterotrophic dinoflagellate Gyrodinium sp. in the fate of an iron induced diatom bloom . Geophysical Research Letters . 5 May 2006 . 33 . 9. 10.1029/2005GL025366 . 2006GeoRL..33.9602S .
- Web site: Dinoflagellate, Gyrodinium . nathistoc.bio.uci.edu . 5 September 2022.
