Corythodinium elegans

{{Short description|Species of single-celled organism}}

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| domain = Eukaryota

| unranked_regnum = SAR

| unranked_superphylum = Alveolata

| phylum = Dinoflagellata

| classis = Dinophyceae

| ordo = Peridiniales

| familia = Oxytoxaceae

| genus = Corythodinium

| species = C. elegans

| binomial = Corythodinium elegans

| binomial_authority = (Pavillard) F.J.R.Taylor, 1976

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

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| synonyms = Oxytoxum elegans Pavill., 1916J Pavillard, Recherches sur les péridiniens du Golfe du Lion. Trav. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montpellier 4: 43, pl. 2, fig. 4 (1916)

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Corythodinium elegans is a species of dinoflagellates in the family Oxytoxaceae. It is found Worldwide. The type locality is the Mediterranean.Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world’s oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64(1): 129-212. It is also found in AustralianMcCarthy, 2013 and New Zealand waters.Chang et al., 2012