Heterocapsa

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|taxon = Heterocapsa

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Heterocapsa is a genus of dinoflagellates belonging to the family Heterocapsaceae.{{cite web |title=Heterocapsa Stein, 1883 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/8022260 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=25 April 2021 |language=en}}

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.{{cite WoRMS |author=Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. |year=2023 |title=Heterocapsa Stein, 1883 |id=109540 |access-date=5 December 2023 |db=AlgaeBase}}

Species:

• Heterocapsa arctica {{small|Horiguchi, 1997}}
• Heterocapsa bohaiensis {{small|J.Xiao & Y.Li, 2018}}
• Heterocapsa chattonii {{small|(Biecheler) P.H.Campbell, 1973}}
• Heterocapsa circularisquama {{small|Horiguchi, 1995}}
• Heterocapsa horiguchii {{small|Iwataki, Takayama & Matsuoka, 2002}}
• Heterocapsa illdefina {{small|(Herman & Sweeney) Morrill & Loeblich III, 1981}}
• Heterocapsa kollmeriana {{small|M.J.Swift & McLaughlin, 1970}}
• Heterocapsa lanceolata {{small|Iwataki & Fukuyo, 2002}}
• Heterocapsa minima {{small|A.J.Pomroy, 1989}}
• Heterocapsa niei {{small|(Loeblich III) Morrill & Loeblich III, 1981}}
• Heterocapsa orientalis {{small|Iwataki, Botes & Fukuyo, 2003}}
• Heterocapsa ovata {{small|Iwataki & Fukuyo, 2003}}
• Heterocapsa pacifica {{small|Kofoid, 1907}}
• Heterocapsa psammophila {{small|M.Tamura, M.Iwataki & M.Horiguchi, 2006}}
• Heterocapsa pseudotriquetra {{small|Iwataki, G.Hansen & Fukuyo, 2002}}
• Heterocapsa pygmaea {{small|Lobelich III, R.J.Schmidt & Sherley, 1981}}
• Heterocapsa rotundata {{small|(Lohmann) Gert Hansen, 1995}}
• Heterocapsa steinii {{small|Tillmann, Gottschling, Hoppenrath, Kusber & Elbrächter, 2017}}
• Heterocapsa umbilicata {{small|Stein, 1883}}