Morphology and phylogeny of Gymnodinium trapeziforme sp. nov. (Dinophyceae): A new dinoflagellate from the southeast coast of Iran that forms microreticulate resting cysts

Phycologia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 644-656

  Attaran Fariman, Gilan ^a,c   De Salas, Miguel F ^a   Negri, Andrew P ^b   Bolch, Christopher J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Offshore Fisheries Research Centre   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate; DNA; Gymnodinium; Iran; LSU rDNA; Microreticulate; Oman Sea; Resting cyst; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; GYMNODINIUM CATENATUM; GYMNODINIUM MICRORETICULATUM; GYMNODINIUM NOLLERI;

EID: 36148975360     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/07-05.1     Document Type: Article

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