World Register of Deep-Sea species - Gonyaulax Diesing, 1866

NARMS taxon details

Gonyaulax Diesing, 1866

AphiaID

109519 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109519)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gonyaulacaceae Lindemann, 1928

Direct children (42)

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Species Gonyaulax africana Schiller, 1929
Species Gonyaulax alaskensis Kofoid, 1911
Species Gonyaulax birostris Stein, 1883
Species Gonyaulax clevei Ostenfeld, 1902
Species Gonyaulax diegensis Kofoid, 1911
Species Gonyaulax digitale (Pouchet) Kofoid, 1911
Species Gonyaulax elegans Rampi, 1951
Species Gonyaulax fragilis (Sch�tt) Kofoid, 1911
Species Gonyaulax fusiformis H.W.Graham, 1942
Species Gonyaulax gracilis Schiller, 1935
Species Gonyaulax helensis Woloszynska, 1928
Species Gonyaulax kofoidii Pavillard, 1909
Species Gonyaulax ligustica Rampi, 1951
Species Gonyaulax milneri (Murray & Whitting) Kofoid, 1911
Species Gonyaulax minima Matzenauer, 1933
Species Gonyaulax minuta Kofoid & Michener, 1911
Species Gonyaulax monacantha Pavillard, 1916
Species Gonyaulax monospina Rampi, 1952
Species Gonyaulax ovalis Schiller, 1929
Species Gonyaulax pacifica Kofoid, 1907
Species Gonyaulax polygramma F.Stein, 1883
Species Gonyaulax rostratum P.-A.Dangeard, 1927
Species Gonyaulax rotundata Rampi, 1952
Species Gonyaulax rugosum Wailes
Species Gonyaulax scrippsae Kofoid, 1911
Species Gonyaulax sphaeroidea Kofoid, 1911
Species Gonyaulax spinifera (Clapar�de & Lachmann) Diesing, 1866
Species Gonyaulax turbynei Murray & Whitting, 1899
Species Gonyaulax unicornis Lebour, 1925
Species Gonyaulax apiculata Entz, 1904 accepted as Gonyaulax clevei Ostenfeld, 1902
Species Gonyaulax buxus Balech, 1967 accepted as Amylax triacantha var. buxus (Balech) G�rate-Liz�rraga, 2014
Species Gonyaulax diacantha (Meunier) Schiller, 1937 accepted as Sourniaea diacantha (Meunier) H.Gu., K.N.Mertens, Zhun Li & H.H.Shin, 2020 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Gonyaulax digitale Lemmermann, 1899 accepted as Gonyaulax digitale (Pouchet) Kofoid, 1911 (synonym)
Species Gonyaulax dimorpha Biecheler, 1952 accepted as Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985
Species Gonyaulax excavata (Braarud) Balech, 1971 accepted as Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985 (synonym)
Species Gonyaulax globosa (Braarud) Balech, 1971 accepted as Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985 (Synonym)
Species Gonyaulax grindleyi Reinecke, 1967 accepted as Protoceratium reticulatum (Clapar�de & Lachmann) B�tschli, 1885 (synonym)
Species Gonyaulax longispina Lebour, 1925 accepted as Sourniaea diacantha (Meunier) H.Gu., K.N.Mertens, Zhun Li & H.H.Shin, 2020 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Gonyaulax mitra (Sch�tt) Kofoid, 1911 accepted as Schuettiella mitra (Sch�tt) Balech, 1988 (synonym)
Species Gonyaulax polyedra F.Stein, 1883 accepted as Lingulaulax polyedra (F.Stein) M.J.Head, K.N.Mertens & R.A.Fensome, 2024 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Gonyaulax tamarensis Lebour, 1925 accepted as Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech, 1995 (basionym)
Species Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973 accepted as Sourniaea diacantha (Meunier) H.Gu., K.N.Mertens, Zhun Li & H.H.Shin, 2020 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Gonyaulax Diesing, 1866. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=109519 on 2025-05-03

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Gonyaulax Diesing, 1866. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=109519 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Brandt, Sue

2006-07-10 07:18:51Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2006-07-27 06:59:07Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2010-08-12 12:41:00Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

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basis of record G�mez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64(1): 129-212. [details]

additional source Kofoid, C.A. (1911). Dinoflagellata of the San Diego Region. IV. The genus Gonyaulax, with notes on its skeletal morphology and a discussion of its generic and specific characters. University of California publications. Zoology. 8: 187-300. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

additional source Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS) [details]