Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Myzozoa > Subphylum Dinozoa > Infraphylum Dinoflagellata > Class Dinophyceae > Order Gymnodiniales > Family Gyrodiniaceae

Gyrodinium Kofoid & Swezy, 1921

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Gyrodinium aciculatum G.Hansen & J.Larsen, 1992
Gyrodinium acutum (Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium britannia Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium calyptoglyphe Lebour, 1925
Gyrodinium cochlea Lebour, 1925
Gyrodinium conicum Schiller, 1928
Gyrodinium contortum (Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium corallinum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium crassum (Pouchet) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium cuneatum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium dominans Hulbert, 1957
Gyrodinium estuariale E.M.Hulbert, 1957
Gyrodinium flagellare Schiller, 1928
Gyrodinium foliaceum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium fusiforme Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium fusus (Meunier) Akselman, 1985
Gyrodinium grave (Meunier) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium helveticum (Penard) Y.Takano & T.Horiguchi, 2004
Gyrodinium herbaceum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium impendans J.Larsen, 1996
Gyrodinium lacryma (Meunier) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium lingulifera Lebour, 1925
Gyrodinium linguliferum Lebour, 1925
Gyrodinium longum (Lohmann) Koifoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium mitra Kofoid & Swezy
Gyrodinium mitrum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium obtusum (Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium ochraceum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium opimum (Schütt) Lebour, 1925
Gyrodinium ovatum (Gourret) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium ovum (Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium parvulum (Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium pellucidum (Wulff) J.Schiller, 1933
Gyrodinium pepo (Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium pingue (Schütt) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium prunus (Wulff) Lebour, 1925
Gyrodinium schuettii (Lemmermann) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium spirale (Bergh) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Gyrodinium uncatenatum Hulbert, 1957
Gyrodinium undulans Hulbert, 1957
Gyrodinium varians (Wulff) Schiller, 1933
Gyrodinium vorax Biecheler, 1952
Gyrodinium wulffii Schiller, 1933

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ギロディニウム属

Literature

original description	Kofoid, C.A.; Swezy, O. (1921). The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Memoirs of the University of California. 5: i-viii, 1-562.
basis of record	Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64(1): 129-212.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

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). Gyrodinium Kofoid & Swezy, 1921. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109476