A new marine species of Amphidinium (Dinophyceae) from Thermaikos Gulf, Greece

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-170

  Dolapsakis, Nicolas P ^a   Economou Amilli, Athena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amphidinium thermaeum sp. nov.; Dinophyceae; LSU rDNA; Microscopy; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMPHIDINIUM; AMPHIDINIUM CARTERAE; AMPHIDINIUM GIBBOSUM; AMPHIDINIUM KLEBSII; AMPHIDINIUM MASSARTII; AMPHIDINIUM TRULLA; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIALES;

EID: 70350380096     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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