Amphidinium operculatum var. nov. gibbosum (dinophyceae), a free-swimming marine species producing cytotoxic metabolites

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 873-879

  Maranda, Lucie ^a   Shimizu, Yuzuru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphidinium operculatum var. nov, gibbosum; Amphidinolide; Caribenolide; Cytotoxic; Dinophyceae; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AMPHIDINIUM OPERCULATUM;

EID: 0030443190     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00873.x     Document Type: Article

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