Toward an assessment on the taxonomy of dinoflagellates that produce calcareous cysts (Calciodinelloideae, Dinophyceae): A morphological and molecular approach

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1063-1078

  D'Onofrio, Giuseppe ^a   Marino, Donato ^a   Bianco, Luigi ^a   Busico, Elisabetta ^a   Montresor, Marina ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcareous cysts; Calciodinelloideae; Dinophyceae; Ensiculifera; ITS; Pentapharsodinium; Phylo geny; rDNA; Scrippsiella; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALGA GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENTAPHARSODINIUM; TAXONOMY;

DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; ENSICULIFERA; PENTAPHARSODINIUM; PHYLO; SCRIPPSIELLA; SCRIPPSIELLA INULFA; SCRIPPSIELLA TROCHOIDEA; SCRIPPSIELLA TROCHOIDEA VAR. ACICULIFERA;

EID: 0032709071     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3551063.x     Document Type: Article

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