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Gymnodinium
Gymnodinium is a genus of dinoflagellates. It is one of the few naked dinoflagellates, or species lacking armor (cellulosic plates). Since 2000, the species which had been considered to be part of Gymnodinium have been divided into several genera, based on the nature of the apical groove and partial LSU rDNA sequence data. Amphidinium was redefined later.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Gymnodinium fuscum
speciesGymnodinium fuscum
Gymnodinium cnecoides
speciesGymnodinium cnecoides

Gymnodinium triceratium
speciesGymnodinium triceratium

Gymnodinium aureolum
speciesGymnodinium aureolum
Gymnodinium bifurcatum
speciesGymnodinium bifurcatum

Gymnodinium catenatum
speciesGymnodinium catenatum

Gymnodinium gracile
speciesGymnodinium gracile

Gymnodinium breve
speciesGymnodinium breve
Gymnodinium pulchellum
speciesGymnodinium pulchellum
Gymnodinium verruculosum
speciesGymnodinium verruculosum
Gymnodinium vestificii
speciesGymnodinium vestificii
Gymnodinium venator
speciesGymnodinium venator
Gymnodinium simplex
speciesGymnodinium simplex
Gymnodinium ostenfeldii
speciesGymnodinium ostenfeldii
Gymnodinium heterostriatum
speciesGymnodinium heterostriatum
Gymnodinium corollarium
speciesGymnodinium corollarium
Gymnodinium lantzschii
speciesGymnodinium lantzschii
Gymnodinium sanguineum
speciesGymnodinium sanguineum
Gymnodinium lacustre
speciesGymnodinium lacustre
Gymnodinium wawrikae
speciesGymnodinium wawrikae
Gymnodinium uberrimum
speciesGymnodinium uberrimum
Gymnodinium paradoxum
speciesGymnodinium paradoxum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 200879.