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Gonyaulax
Gonyaulax is a genus of dinoflagellates with the type species Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède et Lachmann) Diesing. Gonyaulax belongs to red dinoflagellates and commonly causes red tides.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Gonyaulax spinifera
speciesGonyaulax spinifera
Gonyaulax polygramma
speciesGonyaulax polygramma
Gonyaulax apiculata
speciesGonyaulax apiculata
Gonyaulax digitale
speciesGonyaulax digitale
Gonyaulax verior
speciesGonyaulax verior
Gonyaulax scrippsae
speciesGonyaulax scrippsae
Gonyaulax orientalis
speciesGonyaulax orientalis
Gonyaulax fragilis
speciesGonyaulax fragilis
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 448253.