Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gyrodinium spirale
Dinoflagelado, Dinoflagellate
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Myzozoa
Class
Dinophyceae
Order
Gymnodiniales
Family
Gyrodiniaceae
Genus
Gyrodinium
Species
spirale
Taxon category: Accepted
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Gyrodinium (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Asia, Mediterranean, Arctic, Atlantic Islands, Europe, N. America, S. America, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand: Australia, South-west Asia 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, Gyrodinium spirale", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25447. Accessed 1 November 2026.