Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tripos limulus
Dinoflagelado, Dinoflagellate
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Myzozoa
Class
Dinophyceae
Order
Gonyaulacales
Family
Ceratiaceae
Genus
Tripos
Species
limulus
Taxon category: Accepted
The type species (holotype) of the genus Tripos is Tripos muelleri Bory (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Mediterranean, Europe, N. America, Middle East, South-west Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands/Pacific Ocean 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, Tripos limulus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25423. Accessed 16 October 2026.