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Name derivation |
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Classification: |
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Gonyaulax Diesing 1866; 72 of 109 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).Order Gonyaulacales; Family Gonyaulacaceae |
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Morphology: |
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Some species are bioluminescent. Some are also mixotrophic (phagotrophic as well as photosynthetic) (Guiry and Guiry 2013). |
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Similar genera: |
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Taxonomic confusion has surrounded some species of Gonyaulax, Protoperidinium, Alexandrium Halim, Amylax Meunier, Protoceratium Bergh, Lingulodinium Wall and Melanodinium Schiller. |
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Habitat: |
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Marine plankton, rarely freshwater (one species). |
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References: |
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Diesing, K.M. 1866. Revision der Prothelminthen. Abtheilung: Mastigophoren. Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. Abt 1 52: 287-401. |
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