Karenia asterichroma Salas, Bolch & Hallegraeff 2004
Publication Details
Karenia asterichroma Salas, Bolch & Hallegraeff 2004: 626, figs 2-11
Published in: Salas, M.F. de, Bolch, C.J.S. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2004). Karenia asterichroma sp. nov. (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae), a new dinoflagellate species associated with finfish aquaculture mortalities in Tasmania, Australia. Phycologia 43: 624-631, 15 figs, 2 tables.
Request PDFPublication date: 30 September, 2004
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Karenia is Karenia brevis (C.C.Davis) Gert Hansen & Moestrup.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Tasmania, Australia; (Salas & al., 2004: 626) Holotype: (Salas & al., 2004: 626) Notes: Holotype: Fig. 11, a schematic representation of typical cell shapes from laboratory cultures and field samples. GenBank accession number: AY590123.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Dorsoventrally flattened cells, 30-40 µm long (x ± s = 34.7 ± 2.8 µm), 32-42 µm wide (35.2 ± 3.9 µm), 17-25 µm thick (21.6 ± 2.3 µm). Epicone acute to truncated, with concave sides but sometimes rounded. Hypocone often truncated and incised by the sulcus, but sometimes semicircular in outline. Cingulum deeply incised, with raised margins, displaced approximately one sixth of the cell length. Sulcus wide, extending deeply into the epicone as a truncated indentation. Apical groove straight, and extending approximately halfway down the dorsal epicone. Nucleus small and spherical, in the centre of the epicone. Chloroplasts 10-20, elongated, radiating in a star shape from a roudn body in the hypocone.
Created: 16 November 2004 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 03 August 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
