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Gymnodinium
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Blooms of this genus were recorded as early as 1937 in the Oslo Fjord (Braarud, 1945) an have occured more recently as G. sanguinum with concentrations up to 35 106 ind/l.
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Distribution: Oceanic to estuarine; warm temperate to tropical.
Cell Size: Length = 40-75um
Description: Small- to medium-sized cells often pentagonal with a conical epitheca and bilobed hypotheca. Cells have a large nucelus and chloroplasts are present. Can be circular or compressed in cross-section. G. catenatum has quilted pattern and produces characteristic cysts.
Gymnodiniid dinoflagellate, cingulum said to lie more or less median; sulcus straight; many species, marine and freshwater; some toxic.
pelagic
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Depth range based on 12229 specimens in 78 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 4463 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 3889
Temperature range (°C): -2.058 - 27.027
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.134 - 31.356
Salinity (PPS): 17.940 - 39.081
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.344 - 9.192
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.048 - 2.337
Silicate (umol/l): 0.687 - 65.747
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 3889
Temperature range (°C): -2.058 - 27.027
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.134 - 31.356
Salinity (PPS): 17.940 - 39.081
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.344 - 9.192
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.048 - 2.337
Silicate (umol/l): 0.687 - 65.747
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general for group: both heterotrophic (eat other organisms) and autotrophic (photosynthetic)
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This genus was originally placed under the family Gymnodiniidae as proposed by Hayward and Ryland (1990).
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:71
Specimens with Sequences:54
Specimens with Barcodes:16
Species:9
Species With Barcodes:8
Public Records:43
Public Species:7
Public BINs:1