Barrufeta N.Sampedro & S.Fraga, 2011
Holotype species: Barrufeta bravensis N.Sampedro & S.Fraga
Original publication and holotype designation: Sampedro, N., Fraga, S., Penna, A., Casabianca, S., Zapata, M., Grünewald, C.F., Riobo, P. & Camp, J. (2011). Barrufeta bravensis gen. nov. sp. nov. (Dinophyceae): a new bloom-forming species from the northwest Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Phycology 47(2): 375-392.
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Taxonomic status: currently recognized as a distinct genus.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kawai, H. & Nakayama, T. (2015). Introduction (Heterokontobionta p.p.), Cryptophyta, Dinophyta, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta (except Coscinodiscophyceae, Mediophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae), Chlorarachniophyta, Euglenophyta. In: Syllabus of plant families. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Ed. 13. Phototrophic eukaryotic Algae. Glaucocystophyta, Cryptophyta, Dinophyta/Dinozoa, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta/Ochrophyta, Chlorarachnniophyta/Cercozoa, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta p.p. (Frey, W. Eds), pp. 11-189. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers.
Taxonomic notes
Dinophyceae. The species closest to B. bravensis, both phylogenetically and morphologically , are Gymnodinium dorsalisulcum, Lepidodinium viride and L. chlorophorum (Sampedro et al. 2011: 386). - (23 May 2011) - Wendy Guiry
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