Prorocentrum levis, a new benthic species (Dinophyceae) from a mangrove island, Twin Cays, Belize

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 232-240

  Faust, Maria A ^a   Vandersea, Mark W ^b   Kibler, Steven R ^b   Tester, Patricia A ^b   Litaker, R Wayne ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Benthic; Coral reef; Dinoflagellate; Dinophyceae; Macroalgae; Mangrove; Morphology; Phylogeny; Prorocentrales; Prorocentrum belizeanum; Scanning electron microscopy; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYSIS; PROROCENTRALES; PROROCENTRUM; PROROCENTRUM BELIZEANUM; PROROCENTRUM CONCAVUM;

EID: 38949159166     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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