Gonyaulax polygramma

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Gonyaulacales
Family: 
Gonyaulacaceae
Genus: 
Gonyaulax
Species: 
polygramma
Authority: 
Stein 1883
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)