gloeodinium

\\-ˈdinēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from gloeo-, + din- (from Greek dinos rotation, whirling, whirlpool) + -ium — more at dino-

: a genus of subspherical greenish brown freshwater algae (order Dinocapsales) that form compact colonies within homogeneous or stratified envelopes