Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Corythodinium constrictum
Dinoflagelado, Dinoflagellate
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Myzozoa
Class
Dinophyceae
Order
Peridiniales
Family
Oxytoxaceae
Genus
Corythodinium
Species
constrictum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Oxytoxum constrictum (F.Stein) Bütschli, 1885, Pyrgidium constrictum F.Stein, 1883 ( Ahyong, S., 2024). The type species (holotype) of the genus Corythodinium is Corythodinium tesselatum (F.Stein) Loeblich Jr. & Loeblich III (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Atlantic Islands, Europe, N. America, S. America, Middle East, Mediterranean, South-west Asia, Pacific Islands/Pacific Ocean (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, Corythodinium constrictum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25508. Accessed 16 October 2026.