Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lingulodinium polyedra
Dinoflagelado, Dinoflagellate
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Myzozoa
Class
Dinophyceae
Order
Gonyaulacales
Family
Lingulodiniaceae
Genus
Lingulodinium
Species
polyedra
Taxon category: Accepted
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lingulodinium is Lingulodinium machaerophorum (Deflandre & Cookson) D.Wall (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Mediterranean, Arctic, Atlantic Islands, Europe, N. America, S. America, Africa, Middle East, 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
- 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, Lingulodinium polyedra", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25443. Accessed 14 June 2025.