Flagellar apparatus and nuclear chambers of the green dinoflagellate Gymnodinium chlorophorum

Phycological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-181

  Hansen, Gert ^a   Moestrup, Øjvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellates; Gymnodinium chlorophorum; Phylogeny; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; GYMNODINIUM AUREOLUM; GYMNODINIUM CHLOROPHORUM; GYMNODINIUM FUSCUM; GYMNODINIUM NOLLERI;

EID: 23844441651     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2005.tb00368.x     Document Type: Article

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