Takayama tuberculata Salas 2008
Publication Details
Takayama tuberculata Salas 2008: 243, figs 2, 10A
Published in: Salas, M.F. de, Laza-Martinez, A. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2008). Novel unarmored dinoflagellates from the toxigenic family Kareniaceae (Gymnodiniales): five new species of Karlodinium and one new Takayama from the Australian sector of the Southern Ocean. Journal of Phycology 44(1): 241-257.
Request PDFPublication date: 2008
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Takayama is Takayama tasmanica M.F.Salas, Bolch & Hallegraeff.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Southern Ocean (48º35'S, 146º05'E); (Salas et al. 2008: 244) Holotype: Fig. 2 (epitype) March 2006; Ambient water temperature of 10.5ºC.; (Salas et al. 2008: 244, 242) Notes: Holotype: Fig. 2, of culture TTBSO11.1, deposited in the Univ. of Tasmania's Collection of Microalgae; also comprises the 28S rDNA sequence stored under GenBank accesion number EF469230
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cells ovoid to approximately square in outline,13-22 microns long and 10-20 microns wide, slightly dorsoventrally flattened. Epicone hemispherical with a flattened apex, and large amphiesmal vesicles. Hypocone rectangular and incised by the sulcus, with large wart-like amphiesmal vesicles. Cingulum wide and displaced 1/4-1/3 of the cell length. Sulcus wide with tube-shaped structure in the intercingular region, extending briefly onto the epicone. Apical groove deeply sigmoid with raised margins extending 2/3 of the way down the dorsal epicone. Several chloroplasts radiate from a central pyrenoid agglomeration and branch under the cell surface, in a spiral pattern on the epicone. Nucleus anterior, surrounding the central pyrenoid agglomeration dorsally, laterally and apically.
Created: 02 May 2008 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 May 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 May 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 May 2024
