original description
Furuya, H. (1999). Fourteen new species of dicyemid mesozoans from six Japanese cephalopods, with comments on host specificity. Species Divers. 4(2): 257-319 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The specific name "gyrinodes" is Greek meaning "tadpole-like", because the bodies of the rhombogen stages are characteristically tadpole-like in shape. [details]