Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Dinophysis operculoides (Schütt) Balech

Dinoflagelado, Dinoflagellate

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Chromista

Phylum
Myzozoa

Class
Dinophyceae

Order
Dinophysales

Family
Dinophysaceae

Genus
Dinophysis

Species
operculoides

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: Phalacroma operculoides F.Schütt, 1895 ( Ahyong, S., 2024). The type species (holotype) of the genus Dinophysis is Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: N. America, Antarctic and Antarctic islands, S. America and Galapagos Island (Carnicer et al., 2019; Guiry & Guiry, 2024).

References

  • 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, Dinophysis operculoides", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25503. Accessed 16 October 2026.