Corythodinium elegans is a species of dinoflagellates in the family Oxytoxaceae. It is found worldwide. The type locality is the Mediterranean.[2] It is also found in Australian[3] and New Zealand waters.[4]

Corythodinium elegans
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C. elegans
Binomial name
Corythodinium elegans
(Pavillard) F.J.R.Taylor, 1976
Synonyms

Oxytoxum elegans Pavill., 1916[1]

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  1. ^ J Pavillard, Recherches sur les péridiniens du Golfe du Lion. Trav. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montpellier 4: 43, pl. 2, fig. 4 (1916)
  2. ^ Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world’s oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64(1): 129-212.
  3. ^ McCarthy, 2013
  4. ^ Chang et al., 2012

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