Cochlodinium is a genus of dinoflagellates belonging to the family Gymnodiniaceae.[1] Over the past two decades, harmful algea blooms (HABs) caused by Cochlodinium had occurred more often and expanded from Southeast Asia to regions such as the rest of Asia, North America and Europe.[2]

Cochlodinium
A Cochlodinium polykrikoides bloom
Micrograph of Cochlodinium polykrikoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Myzozoa
Superclass: Dinoflagellata
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Gymnodiniales
Family: Gymnodiniaceae
Genus: Cochlodinium
F.Schütt
Type species
Cochlodinium strangulatum

Due to an absence of molecular data for Cochlodinium, finding out its classification has been challenging for scientist, especially for the type species Cochlodinium strangulatum.[3]

This genus has 40 species total, most of which are hetrotrophic:[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cochlodinium F.Schütt, 1896 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. ^ Kudela, Raphael M.; Gobler, Christopher J. (2012-02-01). "Harmful dinoflagellate blooms caused by Cochlodinium sp.: Global expansion and ecological strategies facilitating bloom formation". Harmful Algae. Harmful Algae--The requirement for species-specific information. 14: 71–86. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2011.10.015. ISSN 1568-9883.
  3. ^ Gómez, Fernando; Richlen, Mindy L.; Anderson, Donald M. (March 2017). "Molecular characterization and morphology of Cochlodinium strangulatum, the type species of Cochlodinium, and Margalefidinium gen. nov. for C. polykrikoides and allied species (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae)". Harmful Algae. 63: 32–44. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2017.01.008. ISSN 1878-1470. PMC 6276129. PMID 28366398.
  4. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cochlodinium Schütt, 1896". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  5. ^ Shin, Hyeon Ho; Li, Zhun; Lee, Kyun-Woo; Matsuoka, Kazumi (2019-07-03). "Molecular phylogeny and morphology of Torquentidium gen. et comb. nov. for Cochlodinium convolutum and allied species (Ceratoperidiniaceae, Dinophyceae)". European Journal of Phycology. 54 (3): 249–262. Bibcode:2019EJPhy..54..249S. doi:10.1080/09670262.2018.1550213. ISSN 0967-0262. S2CID 132837604.