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Taxon: Genus Gymnodinium F. Stein (1878) (protist)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  F. Stein, 1878
Original name:  Stein, F. 1878. Organismus Infus. 3(1): 89, 90, 91, 95, 97.
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Emended diagnosis (emend.):  G. Hansen & Moestrup, 2000. In Daugbjerg, G. Hansen, J. Larsen & Moestrup.

Types

Type of: Gymnodiniaceae (Family) Lank. (1885) Ref: R.A. Fensome et al., 1993 [inferred]
Type of: Gymnodiniales (Order) Apstein (1909) Ref: R.A. Fensome et al., 1993 [inferred]
Type of: Gymnodiniineae (Suborder) Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993) Ref: R.A. Fensome et al., 1993 [inferred]
Type of: Gymnodiniphycidae (Subclass) Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993) Ref: R.A. Fensome et al., 1993 [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name (pro parte): Biecheleria (Genus) Moestrup, K.C.R. Lindberg & Daugbjerg (2009) Ref: F. Gómez, 2012: table 2 (p. 79).
Accepted name (pro parte): Gyrodinium (Genus) Kof. & Swezy (1921) Ref: F. Gómez, 2003: table II (p. 221).
Accepted name (pro parte): Pyrocystis (Genus) J. Murray ex Haeckel (1890) Ref: F. Gómez, 2003: table II (p. 231).
Including: Aureodinium (Genus) J.D. Dodge (1967) Ref: R.A. Fensome et al., 1993
Including: Ceratodinium (Genus) W. Conrad (1926) Ref: R.A. Fensome et al., 1993
Including: Gymnocystodinium (Genus) Baumeister (1957) Ref: F. Gómez, 2012: table 2 (p. 82).
Including: Melodinium (Genus) Kent (1881) Ref: R.A. Fensome et al., 1993
Including: Rhizodinium (Genus) Baumeister ex Bourr. (1955) Ref: F. Gómez, 2012: table 2 (p. 82).
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