Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Myzozoa > Subphylum Dinozoa > Infraphylum Dinoflagellata > Class Dinophyceae > Order Pyrocystales > Family Pyrocystaceae

Pyrocystis J.Murray ex Haeckel, 1890

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dissodinium*	Klebs, 1916	synonym

Children

Pyrocystis elegans Pavillard, 1931
Pyrocystis fusiformis (Wyville Thomson ex Haeckel) Blackman, 1902
Pyrocystis gerbaultii Pavillard, 1935
Pyrocystis lanceolata Schröder, 1900
Pyrocystis lunata (Schütt) Schütt
Pyrocystis lunula (J.Schütt) J.Schütt, 1896
Pyrocystis noctiluca Murray ex Haeckel, 1890
Pyrocystis obtusa Pavillard, 1931
Pyrocystis robusta Kofoid, 1907

Literature

basis of record	Gómez, F., 2005. A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world’s oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64 (1), 129-212.
additional source	Algaebase
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

GenBank
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Pyrocystis J.Murray ex Haeckel, 1890. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109571