Morphology and molecular phylogeny of ankistrodinium gen. nov. (dinophyceae), a new genus of marine sand-dwelling dinoflagellates formerly classified within amphidinium

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1143-1152

  Hoppenrath, Mona ^a   Murray, Shauna ^b   Sparmann, Sarah F ^c,d   Leander, Brian S ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. semilunatum; Acrobase; Amphidinium s.l.; Benthic; Dinoflagellates; LSU rDNA; SSU rDNA; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIDINIUM; AMPHIDINIUM SEMILUNATUM; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; GYRODINIUM;

EID: 84867198733     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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