Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ornithocercus heteroporus
Dinoflagelado, Dinoflagellate
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Myzozoa
Class
Dinophyceae
Order
Dinophysales
Family
Dinophysaceae
Genus
Ornithocercus
Species
heteroporus
Taxon category: Accepted
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ornithocercus is Ornithocercus magnificus F.Stein (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Mediterranean, Atlantic Islands, Adriatic Sea, Portugal, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Indian Ocean Islands, Middle East, South-west Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Galapagos Island (Carnicer et al., 2019; Guiry & Guiry, 2024).
- 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, Ornithocercus heteroporus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25403. Accessed 31 October 2026.