Takayama gen. nov. (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae), a new genus of unarmored dinoflagellates with sigmoid apical grooves, including the description of two new species

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1233-1246

  De Salas, Miguel F ^a   Bolch, Christopher J S ^a   Botes, Lizeth ^b   Nash, Geraldine ^c   Wright, Simon W ^c   Hallegraeff, Gustaaf M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apical grooves; Gymnodinium pulchellum; Gyrodinium acrotrochum; Gyrodinium cladochroma; Karenia; Karlodinium; LSU rDNA sequences; Pigments; T. helix; T. tasmanica; Takayama; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TASMANIA;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; GYMNODINIALES; GYMNODINIUM; GYMNODINIUM PULCHELLUM; GYRODINIUM; KARENIA; KARLODINIUM; SIGMOIDEA; TAKAYAMA HELIX; TAKAYAMA TASMANICA;

EID: 0348252079     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.2003.03-019.x     Document Type: Article

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