Karlodinium corrugatum Salas 2008
Publication Details
Karlodinium corrugatum Salas 2008: 249, 250, figs 7, 11D
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 Karlodinium is Karlodinium micrum (B.Leadbeater & J.D.Dodge) J.Larsen.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Southern Ocean (53º22'S, 144º53'E) to the south of the polar front; (Salas et al. 2008: 250) Holotype: Fig. 7 (epitype) March 2006; Water temperature of 6ºC; 250, 242 (Salas et al. 2008: 250) Notes: Holotype: Fig. 7, of clonal culture KDGSO08, deposited in the Univ. of Tasmania's Collection of Microalgae; also comprises the 28S rDNA sequence stored under GenBank accession number EF469233.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cells small, biconical to pentagonal in outline, 13-21 microns long and 11-17 microns wide. Epicone conical with parallel longitudinal furrows. Apical groove of medium length, originating above the anterior end of the sulcus and extending 1/4 of the way down the dorsal epicone. Ventral pore a thin, long slit located well to the left of the sulcal region. Hypocone conical or hemispherical, often truncated by the sulcus. Cingulum wide and deeply excavated, with prominent margins, displaced 1/4 of the cell length. Sulcus deeply excavated, especially in the hypocone, left margin often folding over as a flap, with a long, finger-like extension into the epicone. Chloroplasts few large, clustered in a group on the left side of the cell. Nucleus large and occupying most of the right side of the cell.
Habitat
Wide temperature tolerance (6ºC, 17ºC).
Created: 06 May 2008 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 September 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
