Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ornithocercus magnificus
Dinoflagelado, Dinoflagellate
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Myzozoa
Class
Dinophyceae
Order
Dinophysales
Family
Dinophysaceae
Genus
Ornithocercus
Species
magnificus
Taxon category: Accepted
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Ornithocercus (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Mediterranean, Atlantic Islands, Europe, Gulf of California, Mexico, Western Atlantic, Brazil, Colombia, Indian Ocean Islands, Middle East, South-west Asia, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands/Pacific Ocean and Galapagos (Carnicer et al., 2019; Guiry & Guiry, 2024).
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- Guiry, M.D Guiry, G.M. (2024) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, University of Galway. https://www.algaebase.org.
- 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
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ornithocercus magnificus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25404. Accessed 12 August 2025.