Pyrocystis lunula

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Pyrocystales
Family: 
Pyrocystaceae
Genus: 
Pyrocystis
Species: 
lunula
Authority: 
Schütt in Engler & Prantl 1896
Synonym(s): 
Gymnodinium lunula Schütt 1895
Diplodinium lunula (Schütt) Klebs 1912
Dissodinium lunula (Schütt) Klebs 1916

Etymology

Noun (Latin), diminutive of luna, moon (Brown 1956).

Type species

The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pyrocystis is Pyrocystis pseudonoctiluca Wyville-Thompson.

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Type locality: Atlantic Ocean (Silva 1996-to date). Notes: Ostsee, Nordsee, Mittelmeer, Atlantic (INA).

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