Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

The type species (holotype) of the genus Dinophysis is Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Mediterranean, Arctic, Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands;Europe, Mexico, Brazil, Middle East, South-west Asia, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Galapagos island (Carnicer et al., 2019; Guiry & Guiry, 2024)

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