HABs taxon details
Dinophysis Ehrenberg, 1839
- Species Dinophysis acuminata Claparède & Lachmann, 1859
- Species Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg, 1839
- Species Dinophysis caudata Saville-Kent, 1881
- Species Dinophysis fortii Pavillard, 1924
- Species Dinophysis infundibulum J. Schiller, 1928
- Species Dinophysis miles Cleve, 1900
- Species Dinophysis norvegica Claparède & Lachmann, 1859
- Species Dinophysis ovum T.H.Abé, 1967
- Species Dinophysis sacculus F.Stein, 1883
- Species Dinophysis tripos Gourret, 1883
- Species Dinophysis boehmii Paulsen, 1949 accepted as Dinophysis acuminata Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis borealis Paulsen, 1949 accepted as Dinophysis acuminata Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis brevisulca Tai & Skogsberg, 1934 accepted as Dinophysis ovum F.Schütt, 1895 represented as Dinophysis ovum Schütt, 1895 sensu Martin, 1929 accepted as Dinophysis fortii Pavillard, 1924 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis brevisulcus Tai & Skogsberg, 1934 accepted as Dinophysis brevisulca Tai & Skogsberg, 1934 accepted as Dinophysis ovum F.Schütt, 1895 represented as Dinophysis ovum Schütt, 1895 sensu Martin, 1929 accepted as Dinophysis fortii Pavillard, 1924 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis debilior Paulsen, 1949 accepted as Dinophysis norvegica Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis diegensis Kofoid, 1907 accepted as Dinophysis caudata Saville-Kent, 1881 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis dolychopterygium (Murray & Whitting, 1899) Balech, 1967 accepted as Phalacroma mitra F.Schütt, 1895
- Species Dinophysis ellipsoides Kofoid, 1907 accepted as Dinophysis acuminata Claparède & Lachmann, 1859
- Species Dinophysis homunculus F.Stein, 1883 accepted as Dinophysis caudata Saville-Kent, 1881 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis infundibulus J.Schiller, 1928 accepted as Dinophysis infundibulum J. Schiller, 1928 (original spelling)
- Species Dinophysis intermedia Pavillard, 1916 accepted as Dinophysis fortii Pavillard, 1924
- Species Dinophysis lachmanii Solum, 1962 accepted as Dinophysis acuminata Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis lapidistrigiliformis Abé, 1967 accepted as Dinophysis fortii Pavillard, 1924
- Species Dinophysis mitra (F.Schütt) T.H.Abé, 1967 accepted as Phalacroma mitra F.Schütt, 1895
- Species Dinophysis mitra (F.Schütt) Balech, 1967 accepted as Phalacroma mitra F.Schütt, 1895 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis ovum Schütt, 1895 sensu Martin, 1929 accepted as Dinophysis fortii Pavillard, 1924 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis pavillardii Schröder, 1906 accepted as Dinophysis sacculus F.Stein, 1883 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis phaseola E.S.Silva, 1952 accepted as Dinophysis sacculus F.Stein, 1883 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis phaseolus E.S. Silva, 1952 accepted as Dinophysis phaseola E.S.Silva, 1952 accepted as Dinophysis sacculus F.Stein, 1883 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis reniformis Schröder, 1906 accepted as Dinophysis sacculus F.Stein, 1883 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis skagii Paulsen, 1949 accepted as Dinophysis acuminata Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis ventrecta Schiller, 1933 accepted as Dinophysis sacculus F.Stein, 1883 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis lachmannii Paulsen, 1949 represented as Dinophysis acuminata Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 (synonym)
- Species Dinophysis ovum F.Schütt, 1895 represented as Dinophysis ovum Schütt, 1895 sensu Martin, 1929 accepted as Dinophysis fortii Pavillard, 1924
marine, brackish
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1841). Über noch jetzt zahlreich lebende Thierarten der Kreidebildung und den Organismus der Polythalamien. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1839: 81-174., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29139219 [details]
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). Dinophysis Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed through: Lundholm, N.; Bernard, C.; Churro, C.; Escalera, L.; Hoppenrath, M.; Iwataki, M.; Larsen, J.; Mertens, K.; Moestrup, Ø.; Murray, S.; Salas, R.; Tillmann, U.; Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards) IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae at: https://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109462 on 2026-06-21
Lundholm, N.; Bernard, C.; Churro, C.; Escalera, L.; Hoppenrath, M.; Iwataki, M.; Larsen, J.; Mertens, K.; Murray, S.; Probert, I.; Salas, R.; Tillmann, U.; Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards). IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Microalgae. Dinophysis Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Hab/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109462 on 2026-06-21
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Ehrenberg, C. G. (1841). Über noch jetzt zahlreich lebende Thierarten der Kreidebildung und den Organismus der Polythalamien. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1839: 81-174., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29139219 [details]
basis of record Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. <em>Acta Bot. Croat.</em> 64(1): 129-212. [details]
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]
additional source Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Balech, E. (1967). Dinoflagelados nuevos o interesantes del Golfo de Mexico y Caribe. <em>Museo Argentino de ciencias naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto nacional de investigación de las ciencias naturales, Revista, Hidrobiología.</em> 2(3): 77-126. [details] Available for editors
additional source Abé, T.H. (1967). The armoured Dinoflagellata: II. Prorocentridae and Dinophysidae (B) - <i>Dinophysis</i> and its allied genera. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 2: 37-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175455 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kofoid, C.A.; Skogsberg, T. (1928). Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" from October 1904 to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding. [No.] XXXV. The Dinoflagellata: the Dinophysoidae. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 51: 1-766., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4365822 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hallegraeff, G. M.; Lucas, I. A. N. (1988). The marine dinoflagellate genus Dinophysis (Dinophyceae): photosynthetic, neritic and non-photosynthetic, oceanic species. <em>Phycologia.</em> 27(1): 25-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-27-1-25.1 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. <em>Acta Bot. Croat.</em> 64(1): 129-212. [details]
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]
additional source Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Balech, E. (1967). Dinoflagelados nuevos o interesantes del Golfo de Mexico y Caribe. <em>Museo Argentino de ciencias naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto nacional de investigación de las ciencias naturales, Revista, Hidrobiología.</em> 2(3): 77-126. [details] Available for editors
additional source Abé, T.H. (1967). The armoured Dinoflagellata: II. Prorocentridae and Dinophysidae (B) - <i>Dinophysis</i> and its allied genera. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 2: 37-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175455 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kofoid, C.A.; Skogsberg, T. (1928). Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" from October 1904 to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding. [No.] XXXV. The Dinoflagellata: the Dinophysoidae. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.</em> 51: 1-766., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4365822 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hallegraeff, G. M.; Lucas, I. A. N. (1988). The marine dinoflagellate genus Dinophysis (Dinophyceae): photosynthetic, neritic and non-photosynthetic, oceanic species. <em>Phycologia.</em> 27(1): 25-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-27-1-25.1 [details] Available for editors
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