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gonyaulax

[ goh-nee-aw-laks ]

noun

  1. any marine dinoflagellate of the genus Gonyaulax, sometimes occurring in great numbers and causing red tide.


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Origin of gonyaulax1

< New Latin < Greek ²µÃ³²Ô²â knee + ²¹Ã»±ô²¹³æ furrow
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A chain of ecological events extraordinary for the British Isles is reported in this week’s issue of Nature … They concern the unusual bloom of a planktonic alga, the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax tamarensis, off the Northumbrian coast of Britain in May this year.

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While there, he began studying the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra, a plankton that flashes at night when stimulated.

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I remember that I started my research career working as a chronobiologist on the circadian rhythms of the unicellular marine algae Gonyaulax polyedra.

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Anterior part with 7 equatorial and 1 rhombic plates Genus *Peridinium   Anterior part with 5 equatorial and no rhombic plates Genus Gonyaulax   Anterior part with 3 equatorial and no rhombic plates Genus *Ceratium 9.

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