Pyrocystis robusta

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Pyrocystales
Family: 
Pyrocystaceae
Genus: 
Pyrocystis
Species: 
robusta
Authority: 
Pavillard, 1931
Synonym(s): 
Pyrocystis lunula var. robusta (Kofoid) Apstein
Dissodinium robusta (Kofoid) Matzenauer 1933

Etymology

Adjective A (Latin), strong growing, strong-growing, or stout (Stearn 1973)

Type species

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

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