Gonyaulax polygramma
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Gonyaulacales
Family:
Gonyaulacaceae
Genus:
Gonyaulax
Species:
polygramma
Synonym(s):
Gonyaulax schuettii Lemmermann 1899
Diagnosis
Bloom: Yes
Toxicity:No
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gonyaulax is Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing.
Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen
Type locality: Atlantic Ocean
Ecology
Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
pH: neutral
Feeding: Photosynthetic
Life cycle
Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual_binary
Feeding behaviour
Photosynthetic
Mode of locomotion
Two flagella typical for Dinophyceae
Flagellum: 2
Motility: motile_swimming
Observation site(s)
SYMBIONTS
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Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Amoebophrya ceratii-species complex | Levantine Sea | C | “Distribution and host diversity of Amoebophryidae parasites across oligotrophic waters of the Mediterranean Sea”, Biogeosciences, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 267 - 278, 2011. | ,
Amoebophrya ceratii-Clade-33 | Kusuan | “Infection of the bloom-forming thecate dinoflagellates Alexandrium affine and Gonyaulax spinifera by two strains of Amoebophrya (Dinophyta)”, Journal of Phycology, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 815 - 822, 2004. | ,|
Amoebophrya ceratii-Clade-33 | Kusuan | “Genetic Diversity of Parasitic Dinoflagellates in the Genus Amoebophrya and Its Relationship to Parasite Biology and Biogeography”, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 1 - 8, 2008. | ,