WoRMS taxon details
Lepidodinium chlorophorum (M.Elbrächter & E.Schnepf) Gert Hansen, Botes & Salas, 2007
345481 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345481)
accepted
Species
Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996) Elbrächter, M.; Schnepf, E. (1996). Gymnodinium chlorophorum, a new, green, bloom-forming dinoflagellate (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae) with a vestigial prasinophyte endosymbiont. <em>Phycologia.</em> 35(5), 381-393., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-35-5-381.1 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:93925
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:93925 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Lepidodinium chlorophorum (M.Elbrächter & E.Schnepf) Gert Hansen, Botes & Salas, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345481 on 2026-10-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996) Elbrächter, M.; Schnepf, E. (1996). Gymnodinium chlorophorum, a new, green, bloom-forming dinoflagellate (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae) with a vestigial prasinophyte endosymbiont. <em>Phycologia.</em> 35(5), 381-393., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-35-5-381.1 [details]
basis of record Centre of excellence for dinophyte taxonomy, available online at http://www.dinophyta.org/ [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
new combination reference Hansen, G.; Botes, L.; De Salas, M. (2007). Ultrastructure and large subunit rDNA sequences of Lepidodinium viride reveal a close relationship to Lepidodinium chlorophorum comb. nov. (= Gymnodinium chlorophorum). <em>Phycological Research.</em> 55(1): 25-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2006.00442.x [details]
basis of record Centre of excellence for dinophyte taxonomy, available online at http://www.dinophyta.org/ [details]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
new combination reference Hansen, G.; Botes, L.; De Salas, M. (2007). Ultrastructure and large subunit rDNA sequences of Lepidodinium viride reveal a close relationship to Lepidodinium chlorophorum comb. nov. (= Gymnodinium chlorophorum). <em>Phycological Research.</em> 55(1): 25-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2006.00442.x [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Elbrächter, M.; Schnepf, E. (1996). Gymnodinium chlorophorum, a new, green, bloom-forming dinoflagellate (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae) with a vestigial prasinophyte endosymbiont. <em>Phycologia.</em> 35(5), 381-393., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-35-5-381.1 [details]
ecology source Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details]
ecology source Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details]
Other
additional source
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:93925 [details]From regional or thematic species database
Harmful effects and toxins Non-toxigenic marine microalgal species associated with animal kills or health impairment. [details]
PlanktonNet Image
Published in AlgaeBase
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidodinium chlorophorum)
To GenBank (142 nucleotides; 199 proteins) (from synonym Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996)
To GenBank (142 nucleotides; 199 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996)
Published in AlgaeBase
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996)To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepidodinium chlorophorum)
To GenBank (142 nucleotides; 199 proteins) (from synonym Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996)
To GenBank (142 nucleotides; 199 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Gymnodinium chlorophorum Elbrächter & Schnepf, 1996)
Unreviewed
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