Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Histioneis para
Dinoflagelado, Dinoflagellate
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Myzozoa
Class
Dinophyceae
Order
Dinophysales
Family
Dinophysaceae
Genus
Histioneis
Species
para
Taxon category: Accepted
The type species (holotype) of the genus Histioneis is Histioneis remora F.Stein (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Atlantic Islands, N. America, S. America, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, South-east 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, Histioneis para", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25501. Accessed 31 October 2026.