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Name derivation:

Gr. gloi - viscid, sticky; dinos - whirling

Classification:

Gloeodinium  Klebs  1912;  2 of 5 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and guiry 2013).

Order Phytodiniales;  Family Gloeodiniaceae

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References:

Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry  2013.  AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.  http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 February 2013.

Klebs, G.  1912 .  Über Flagellaten- und Algen-ähnliche Peridineen.  Verh. Naturhist. Med. Vereins Heidelberg, N.F. 11:369-451.