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Gonyaulax Diesing, 1866

1342643  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1342643)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Halvaria (Infrakingdom)
  5. Alveolata (Superphylum)
  6. Miozoa (Phylum)
  7. Myzozoa (Subphylum)
  8. Dinozoa (Infraphylum)
  9. Dinoflagellata (Superclass)
  10. Dinophyceae (Class)
  11. Gonyaulacales (Order)
  12. Gonyaulacaceae (Family)
  13. Gonyaulax (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Conyaulax Linko, 1907 · unaccepted
Goniaulax Rauschenplat, 1901 · unaccepted (lapsus calami)
Roulea Gourret, 1883 · unaccepted
Steiniella Schütt, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Gonyaulax aculeata K.W. Klement
  2. Species Gonyaulax acuta Kofoid & Michener, 1911
  3. Species Gonyaulax africana Schiller, 1929
  4. Species Gonyaulax alaskensis Kofoid, 1911
  5. Species Gonyaulax ambigua
  6. Species Gonyaulax apiculata (Pénard) Entz, 1904
  7. Species Gonyaulax apionis Cookson & Eisenack †
  8. Species Gonyaulax areolata Kofoid & Michener, 1911
  9. Species Gonyaulax baltica M.E. Ellegaard, J. Lewis & I. Harding, 2002
  10. Species Gonyaulax birostris Stein, 1883
  11. Species Gonyaulax bispinosa Kofoid & Michener, 1911
  12. Species Gonyaulax borealis Nordli, 1951
  13. Species Gonyaulax braarudii Hasle, 1960
  14. Species Gonyaulax brevisulcata P. Dangeard, 1927
  15. Species Gonyaulax bruunii F.J.R. Taylor, 1976
  16. Species Gonyaulax bulloidea Cookson & Eisenack †
  17. Species Gonyaulax buxus E. Balech
  18. Species Gonyaulax ceratocoroides Kofoid, 1910
  19. Species Gonyaulax clathrata Cookson & Eisenack †
  20. Species Gonyaulax cochlea Meunier, 1919
  21. Species Gonyaulax conjuncta Wood, 1954
  22. Species Gonyaulax culmula G. Norris
  23. Species Gonyaulax dangeardii (P. Dangeard) Schiller, 1935
  24. Species Gonyaulax diacantha Athanassopoulos, 1931
  25. Species Gonyaulax diaphanis Cookson & Eisenack †
  26. Species Gonyaulax diegensis Kofoid, 1911
  27. Species Gonyaulax digitale Lemmermann, 1899
  28. Species Gonyaulax digitalis (C.H.G. Pouchet) Kofoid, 1911
  29. Species Gonyaulax dimorpha Biecheler, 1952
  30. Species Gonyaulax edwardsi Cookson & Eisenack †
  31. Species Gonyaulax eisenacki
  32. Species Gonyaulax elegans Rampi, 1951
  33. Species Gonyaulax elongata (Reid) Ellegaard, Daugbjerg, Rochon, J. Lewis & Harding, 2003
  34. Species Gonyaulax eumorpha Cookson & Eisenack †
  35. Species Gonyaulax expansa Kofoid & Michener, 1911
  36. Species Gonyaulax fragilis (Schütt) Kofoid, 1911
  37. Species Gonyaulax fraterculus E. Balech, 1964
  38. Species Gonyaulax fusiformis H.W. Graham, 1942
  39. Species Gonyaulax grabrielae Schiller, 1935
  40. Species Gonyaulax gracilis Schiller, 1935
  41. Species Gonyaulax grindleyi Reinecke, 1967
  42. Species Gonyaulax helensis Woloszynska, 1928
  43. Species Gonyaulax helicoides
  44. Species Gonyaulax hyalina Ostenfeld & Schmidt, 1901
  45. Species Gonyaulax hyalodermopsis Cookson & Eisenack †
  46. Species Gonyaulax inclinata Kofoid & Michener, 1911
  47. Species Gonyaulax inflata (Kofoid) Kofoid, 1911
  48. Species Gonyaulax kofoidii Pavillard, 1909
  49. Species Gonyaulax lebourae Balech, 1979
  50. Species Gonyaulax lebouriae Balech, 1979
  51. Species Gonyaulax ligustica Rampi, 1951
  52. Species Gonyaulax loculata Meunier, 1919
  53. Species Gonyaulax longicornu P.H. Campbell, 1973
  54. Species Gonyaulax macroporus Mangin, 1922
  55. Species Gonyaulax margeritifera Cookson & Eisenack †
  56. Species Gonyaulax matkovichii Schiller, 1929
  57. Species Gonyaulax membranacea (M.R. Rossignol) Ellegaard, Daugbjerg, Rochon, J. Lewis & Harding, 2003
  58. Species Gonyaulax milneri (Murray & Whitting) Kofoid, 1911
  59. Species Gonyaulax minima Matzenauer
  60. Species Gonyaulax minuta Kofoid & Michener, 1911
  61. Species Gonyaulax monacantha Pavillard, 1916
  62. Species Gonyaulax monospina Rampi, 1951
  63. Species Gonyaulax muderongensis Cookson & Eisenack †
  64. Species Gonyaulax nigricans (Schiller) E. Balech, 1988
  65. Species Gonyaulax nivicola (Meunier) Kofoid, 1911
  66. Species Gonyaulax obliqua Lemmernann, 1899
  67. Species Gonyaulax orientalis Lindemann, 1924
  68. Species Gonyaulax ovalis Schiller, 1929
  69. Species Gonyaulax ovata Matzenauer, 1933
  70. Species Gonyaulax pacifica Kofoid, 1907
  71. Species Gonyaulax parva Ramsfjell, 1959
  72. Species Gonyaulax paucula Kofoid & Michener, 1911
  73. Species Gonyaulax pavillardii Kofoid & Michener, 1911
  74. Species Gonyaulax perforans Cookson & Eisenack †
  75. Species Gonyaulax perpusilla (Meunier) Kofoid, 1911
  76. Species Gonyaulax phoneus (Woloszynsky & Conrad) L. Loeblich & Loeblich
  77. Species Gonyaulax polygramma Stein, 1883
  78. Species Gonyaulax reticulata Kofoid & Michener, 1911
  79. Species Gonyaulax rostratum P.A. Dangeard, 1927
  80. Species Gonyaulax rotundata Rampi, 1951
  81. Species Gonyaulax rugosa Wailes, 1928
  82. Species Gonyaulax rugosum Wailes
  83. Species Gonyaulax scrippsae Kofoid, 1911
  84. Species Gonyaulax senta Kofoid & Michener, 1911
  85. Species Gonyaulax serrata Cookson & Eisenack †
  86. Species Gonyaulax sousae Balech, 1959
  87. Species Gonyaulax sphaeroidea Kofoid, 1911
  88. Species Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing, 1866
  89. Species Gonyaulax striata Mangin, 1926
  90. Species Gonyaulax subulata Kofoid & Michener, 1911
  91. Species Gonyaulax taylorii M.C. Carbonell-Moore, 1996
  92. Species Gonyaulax trottii Rampi, 1951
  93. Species Gonyaulax turbynei Murray & Whitting, 1899
  94. Species Gonyaulax unicornis Lebour, 1925
  95. Species Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973
  96. Species Gonyaulax acatenella Whedon & Kofoid, 1936 accepted as Alexandrium acatenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985
  97. Species Gonyaulax austriaca Schiller, 1926 accepted as Gonyaulax apiculata (Pénard) Entz, 1904
  98. Species Gonyaulax balechii K.A. Steidinger, 1971 accepted as Alexandrium balechii (Steidinger) F.J.R. Taylor, 1979
  99. Species Gonyaulax catenata (Levander) Kofoid, 1911 accepted as Peridiniella catenata (Levander) Balech, 1977
  100. Species Gonyaulax catenella Whedon & Kofoid, 1936 accepted as Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985
  101. Species Gonyaulax clevei Ostenfeld, 1901 accepted as Gonyaulax apiculata (Pénard) Entz, 1904
  102. Species Gonyaulax cohorticula E. Balech, 1967 accepted as Alexandrium cohorticula (Balech) Balech, 1985
  103. Species Gonyaulax concava (Gaarder) Balech, 1967 accepted as Alexandrium concavum (K.R. Gaarder) E. Balech, 1985
  104. Species Gonyaulax depressum (Gaarder) Balech, 1979 accepted as Alexandrium depressum (Gaarder) Balech & Tangen, 1985
  105. Species Gonyaulax diacantha (Meunier) Schiller, 1937 accepted as Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973
  106. Species Gonyaulax excavata (Braarud) Balech, 1971 accepted as Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) E. Balech, 1995
  107. Species Gonyaulax fratercula E. Balech, 1964 accepted as Alexandrium fraterculus (Balech) Balech, 1985
  108. Species Gonyaulax globosa (Braarud) Balech, 1971 accepted as Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985
  109. Species Gonyaulax globosum Schiller, 1929 accepted as Gonyaulax sphaeroidea Kofoid, 1911
  110. Species Gonyaulax glyptorhynchus Murray & Whitting, 1899 accepted as Gonyaulax birostris Stein, 1883
  111. Species Gonyaulax highlei Murray & Whitting, 1899 accepted as Gonyaulax birostris Stein, 1883
  112. Species Gonyaulax hyperborea (Cleve, 1900) Paulsen, 1903 accepted as Amylax triacantha (Jorgensen) Sournia, 1984
  113. Species Gonyaulax joliffei Murray & Whitting accepted as Spiraulax joliffei (Murray & Whitting) Kofoid accepted as Spiraulax kofoidii H.W. Graham, 1942
  114. Species Gonyaulax jolliffei Murray & Whitting accepted as Spiraulax jolliffei (Murray & Whitting) Kofoid, 1911
  115. Species Gonyaulax kutnerae E. Balech, 1979 accepted as Alexandrium kutnerae (E. Balech) E. Balech, 1985
  116. Species Gonyaulax levanderi (Lemmermann) Paulsen, 1907 accepted as Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing, 1866
  117. Species Gonyaulax limnetica Lindemann, 1918 accepted as Gonyaulax apiculata (Pénard) Entz, 1904
  118. Species Gonyaulax longispina Lebour, 1925 accepted as Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973
  119. Species Gonyaulax mitra (Schütt) Kofoid, 1911 accepted as Schuettiella mitra (Schütt) E. Balech, 1988
  120. Species Gonyaulax monilata J.F. Howell, 1953 accepted as Alexandrium monilatum (J.F. Howell) Balech, 1995
  121. Species Gonyaulax monilatum (Howell) Loeblich III accepted as Alexandrium monilatum (J.F. Howell) Balech, 1995
  122. Species Gonyaulax orientalis Lindemann, 1924 sec Lebour, 1925 accepted as Gonyaulax lebourae Balech, 1979
  123. Species Gonyaulax ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Paulsen, 1949 accepted as Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985
  124. Species Gonyaulax palustris Lemmermann, 1907 accepted as Dinosphaera palustris (Lemmermann) Kofoid & Michener, 1912
  125. Species Gonyaulax paulsenii Gaarder, 1954 accepted as Gonyaulax brevisulcata P. Dangeard, 1927
  126. Species Gonyaulax peruviana E. Balech & Rojas E de Mendiola, 1977 accepted as Alexandrium peruvianum (Balech & Mendiola) Balech & Tangen, 1985
  127. Species Gonyaulax phoenus (Woloszynbska & Conrad) F.J.R. Taylor, 1975 accepted as Pyrodinium phoneus Woloszynskia & Conrad, 1939 accepted as Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985
  128. Species Gonyaulax polonica Woloszynska, 1916 accepted as Gonyaulax apiculata (Pénard) Entz, 1904
  129. Species Gonyaulax polyedra F. Stein, 1883 accepted as
  130. Species Gonyaulax rouchii Rampi accepted as Amphidoma nucula Stein, 1883
  131. Species Gonyaulax schilleri Matzenauer accepted as Pyrodinium bahamense Plate, 1906
  132. Species Gonyaulax schuettii Lemmermann, 1899
  133. Species Gonyaulax tamarensis Lebour, 1925 accepted as Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) E. Balech, 1995
  134. Species Gonyaulax triacantha Jörgensen, 1899 accepted as Amylax triacantha (Jorgensen) Sournia, 1984
  135. Species Gonyaulax trygvei Parke, 1976 accepted as Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985
  136. Species Gonyaulax washingtonensis Hsu, 1967 accepted as Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985
marine
recent only
S. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturw. Kl., 52 (1) (1865)
page(s): 382 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Technically a junior syn. of cyst genus Spiniferites Mantell, 1850, however in general usage for extant taxa at this time.  
Taxonomic remark Technically a junior syn. of cyst genus Spiniferites Mantell, 1850, however in general usage for extant taxa at this time. [details]
IRMNG (2024). Gonyaulax Diesing, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1342643 on 2025-04-04
Date
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2007-03-25 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Povey, Anna

original description S. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturw. Kl., 52 (1) (1865)
page(s): 382 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

basis of record Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Koray, 2001 [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

name verified source Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

current name source CoL 2006 [details] 

extant flag source SN2000/Koray, 2001 [details] 

habitat flag source Aphia2006, Sournia 1986, Algaebase, Bourelly 1985 [details] 

original description (of Steiniella Schütt, 1895) Ergeb. Plankton-Exped., 4, M. a. A.
page(s): 151 [details] 

original description (of Conyaulax Linko, 1907) Exped. Murman
page(s): 35 [details] 

original description (of Goniaulax Rauschenplat, 1901) Wiss. Meeresunters., 5, Abt. Kiel 2
page(s): 143 [details] 

original description (of Roulea Gourret, 1883) Ann. Mus. Marseille, 1, no. 8
page(s): 86 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Essentially marine plankton (Sournia 1986, Algaebase). However at least one species found in FW lakes (Algaebase, Bourelly 1985). Taxonomy under discussion (Algaebase) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Technically a junior syn. of cyst genus Spiniferites Mantell, 1850, however in general usage for extant taxa at this time. [details]
To WoRMS (from synonym Goniaulax Rauschenplat, 1901)
To WoRMS (from synonym Steiniella Schütt, 1895)
To WoRMS 
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