Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Citharistes regius Stein

Dinoflagelados, Dinoflagellate

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Chromista

Phylum
Myzozoa

Class
Dinophyceae

Order
Dinophysales

Family
Dinophysaceae

Genus
Citharistes

Species
regius

Taxon category: Accepted

This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Citharistes (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Mediterranean, Atlantic Islands, Europe, N. America, South-west Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands/Pacific Ocean and Galapagos Islands (Carnicer et al., 2019; Guiry & Guiry, 2024).

References

  • Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2024) World Register of Marine Species Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. doi:10.14284/170
  • Carnicer,O. De La Fuente, P., Canepa, A., Keith, I., Rebolledo-Monsalve, E., Diogène, J., & Fernández-Tejedor, M. (2019) Marine dinoflagellate assemblage in the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Guiry, M.D Guiry, G.M. (2024) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, University of Galway. https://www.algaebase.org.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Citharistes regius", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25335. Accessed 31 October 2026.