Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dinophysis operculoides
Dinoflagelado, Dinoflagellate
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: N. America, Antarctic and Antarctic islands, S. America 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, Dinophysis operculoides", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25503. Accessed 16 October 2026.