GYMNODINIUM Definition & Meaning

gymnodinium

[ jim-nuh-din-ee-uhm ]

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noun

plural gymnodinia

any marine or freshwater dinoflagellate of the genus Gymnodinium, certain species of which cause red tide.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of gymnodinium¹

< New Latin, equivalent to gymno- gymno- + Greek ��ī́�� ( ein ) to whirl + New Latin -ium -ium

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Dr. F. G. Walton Smith, director of the University of Miami's Marine Laboratory, was sure it was a sudden multiplication of a new species of tiny, one-celled organisms called gymnodinium.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gymnodinium gracile Bergh '82, var. sphærica, n.

From

Without distinct shell Genus *Gymnodinium With a distinct shell 2 2.

From

gymnocarpous gymnogynous

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