Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Protozoa.
Taxonomy
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The Family Gymnodiniaceae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (20): Amphesolenia · Amphidinium · Bernardinium · Centrodinium · Cochlodinium · Diversocallis · Esoptrodinium · Gymnodinium · Gyrodinium · Katodinium · Lepidodinium · Melodinium · Pavillardia · Permocalculus · Plectodinium · Protodinium · Ptychodiscus · Schillingia · Spirodinium · Torodinium
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 555 species and subspecies in the Family Gymnodiniaceae.
Genera
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Amphesolenia
Amphidinium
Bernardinium
Centrodinium
Cochlodinium
Diversocallis
Esoptrodinium
Gymnodinium
Gymnodinium is a genus of . It is one of the few naked dinoflagellates 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 the biochemistry (specifically, the identity of the main carotenoid): [more]
Gyrodinium
Katodinium
Lepidodinium
Melodinium
Pavillardia
Permocalculus
Plectodinium
Protodinium
Ptychodiscus
Schillingia
Spirodinium
Torodinium
At least 3 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Torodinium.
More info about the Genus Torodinium may be found here.
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