Gyrodinium

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

Gyrodinium
Gyrodinium spirale Kofoid and Swezy, 1921
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Dinoflagellata
Class:	Dinophyceae
Order:	Gymnodiniales
Family:	Gymnodiniaceae
Genus:	Gyrodinium Kofoid & Swezy, 1921

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 Sète, France

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

• Gyrodinium aciculatum
• Gyrodinium ascendans
• Gyrodinium aureum (W.Conrad) J.Schiller
• Gyrodinium britannicum Kof. & Swezy
• Gyrodinium calyptoglyphe Lebour, 1925
• Gyrodinium calyptroglyphe
• Gyrodinium capsulatum
• Gyrodinium carteretensis
• Gyrodinium caudatum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
• Gyrodinium citrinum
• Gyrodinium cochlea Lebour, 1925
• Gyrodinium complanatum
• Gyrodinium corallinum Kofoid & Swezy
• Gyrodinium crassum (Pouchet) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
• Gyrodinium dominans Hulburt, 1957
• Gyrodinium estuariale Hulburt, 1957
• Gyrodinium falcatum Kof. & Swezy
• Gyrodinium ferrugineum
• Gyrodinium flagellare Schiller, 1928
• Gyrodinium flavum
• Gyrodinium formosum
• Gyrodinium fusiforme Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
• Gyrodinium fusus (Meunier) Akselman
• Gyrodinium glaebum
• Gyrodinium grave (Meunier) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
• Gyrodinium grossestriatum
• Gyrodinium helveticum (Penard) Y.Takano & T.Horig.
• Gyrodinium herbaceum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
• Gyrodinium hyalinum (A.J.Schill.) Kof. & Swezy
• Gyrodinium instriatum Freudenthal & Lee
• Gyrodinium katodiniaescens
• Gyrodinium lachryma (Meunier) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
• Gyrodinium lacryna
• Gyrodinium lebourae
• Gyrodinium lingulifera Lebour, 1925
• Gyrodinium longum (Lohmann) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
• Gyrodinium metum
• Gyrodinium mundulum
• Gyrodinium nasutum (A.Wulff) J.Schiller
• Gyrodinium ochraceum Kof. & Swezy
• Gyrodinium pellucidum (A.Wulff) J.Schiller
• Gyrodinium pepo (Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
• Gyrodinium pingue (Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
• Gyrodinium prunus (A.Wulff) M.Lebour
• Gyrodinium pulchellum
• Gyrodinium pusillum (A.J.Schill.) Kof. & Swezy
• Gyrodinium resplendens Hulburt, 1957
• Gyrodinium spirale (Bergh) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
• Gyrodinium stratissimum
• Gyrodinium submarinum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
• Gyrodinium uncatenatum Hulbert, 1957
• Gyrodinium undulans Hulburt
• Gyrodinium varians (A.Wulff) J.Schiller
• Gyrodinium wulffii J.Schill