Amphidiniopsis hexagona S.A.Yoshimatsu, S.Toriumi, S.& J.D.Dodge
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Dinophyta
Class Dinophyceae
Order Peridiniales
Family Amphidiniopsidaceae
Genus Amphidiniopsis
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Publication details
Amphidiniopsis hexagona S.A.Yoshimatsu, S.Toriumi, S.& J.D.Dodge 2000: 107-113, figs 10-18
Original publication: Yoshimatsu, S.-A., Toriumi, S. & Dodge, J.D. (2000). Light and scanning microscopy of two benthic species of Amphidiniopsis (Dinophyceae), Amphidiniopsis hexagona sp. nov. and Amphidiniopsis swedmarkii from Japan. Phycological Research 48: 107-114.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Amphidiniopsis is Amphidiniopsis kofoidii Woloszynska.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cells hexagonal, dorso-ventrally compressed, 44-59 µm in length, 40-53 µm in width; epitheca small, conical; hypotheca pentagonal with strongly notched posterior end; thecal plates thick with weak reticulation, small pores and nipple-like processes; nucleus situated centrally; cytoplasm lacking chloroplast and eyespot
Habitat
Marine, sand-dwelling
Distribution by country
Type information
Shirarahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan (Yoshimatsu, Toriumi & Dodge 2000: 110). Holotype: fig. 10: 3 November 1996; Marine, sand-dwelling. (Yoshimatsu, Toriumi & Dodge 2000: 110, 107).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Amphidiniopsis hexagona S.A.Yoshimatsu, S.Toriumi, S.& J.D.Dodge)
Asia: Japan (Yoshimatsu, Toriumi & Dodge 2000).
Source of synonymy
Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. Acta Botanica Croatica 64: 129-212.
Key references
Gomez, F., Lopez-Garcia, P., Moreira, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the sand-dwelling dinoflagellates Amphidiniopsis hirsuta and A. swedmarkii (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae). Acta Protozoologica 50: 255-262.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Amphidiniopsis&species=hexagona
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Amphidiniopsis&Species=hexagona
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 September 2011 by Fernando Gomez
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Yoshimatsu, S.-A., Toriumi, S. & Dodge, J.D. (2000). Light and scanning microscopy of two benthic species of Amphidiniopsis (Dinophyceae), Amphidiniopsis hexagona sp. nov. and Amphidiniopsis swedmarkii from Japan. Phycological Research 48: 107-114.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=40325
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Fernando Gomez in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:52001
