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

Margalefidinium polykrikoides (Margalef) F.Gómez, Richlen & D.M.Anderson, 2017

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Margalefidinium*	F.Gómez, Richlen & D.M.Anderson, 2017	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cochlodinium heterolobatum*	E.S.Silva, 1967	synonym
*Cochlodinium polykrikoides*	Margalef, 1961	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
new combination reference	Gómez, F.; Richlen, M. L.; Anderson, D. M. (2017). Molecular characterization and morphology of Cochlodinium strangulatum , the type species of Cochlodinium , and Margalefidinium gen. nov. for C. polykrikoides and allied species (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae). Harmful Algae. 63: 32-44.
ecology source	Leles, S. G.; Mitra, A.; Flynn, K. J.; Tillmann, U.; Stoecker, D.; Jeong, H. J.; Burkholder, J.; Hansen, P. J.; Caron, D. A.; Glibert, P. M.; Hallegraeff, G.; Raven, J. A.; Sanders, R. W.; Zubkov, M. (2019). Sampling bias misrepresents the biogeographical significance of constitutive mixotrophs across global oceans. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28(4): 418-428.
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. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4).
ecology source	Jeong, H. J.; Yoo, Y. D.; Kim, J. S.; Kim, T. H.; Kim, J. H.; Kang, N. S.; Yih, W. (2004). Mixotrophy in the Phototrophic Harmful Alga Cochlodinium polykrikoides (Dinophycean): Prey Species, the Effects of Prey Concentration, and Grazing Impact. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 51(5): 563-569.

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). Margalefidinium polykrikoides (Margalef) F.Gómez, Richlen & D.M.Anderson, 2017. 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:990876