Gymnodinium litoralis A.Reñé 2011
Publication Details
Gymnodinium litoralis A.Reñé 2011: 14, fig. 2 a-d
Published in: Reñé, A., Satta, C.T., Garcés, E., Massana, R., Zapata, M., Anglès, S. & Camp, J. (2011). Gymnodinium litoralis sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), a newly identified bloom-forming dinoflagellate from the NW Mediterranean Sea. Harmful Algae 12: 11-25.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gymnodinium is Gymnodinium fuscum (Ehrenberg) F.Stein.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: La Muga River mouth (Catalonia) Spain.; (Reñé & al. 2011: 15) Iconotype: (Reñé & al. 2011: Fig. 11A) Notes: Fig. 11A is from culture ICMB226, isolated from the beach at the mouth of the La Muga River (Catalonia) and deposited in a culture collection (CCMP3294). LSU rDNA sequence deposited
in GenBank under accession number: JN400082.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cells naked, ovoid, and slightly dorsoventrally compressed.
Length: 19-42 µm; width: 14-37 µm. Cells single, often in pairs.
Cingulum well-defined, descending, displaced 1/3-1/4 of the cell
length, overhanging about 1/3-1/4 of the cell width. Sulcus deep,
extending slightly and narrowly through the epicone. The acrobase
is horseshoe-shaped, running anticlockwise on the right side of the
cell. Sulcus broadens on the hypocone, penetrating until the
antapex. Nucleus spherical, in the epicone, sometimes slightly
displaced to the left side of the cell, running towards the center of
the cell. For cells in pairs, nucleus is located central in anterior cells.
Chloroplasts golden-brown, elongated, located peripherally. Resting
cysts are round to oval, smooth with pale granular content and
one or two orange accumulation bodies.
Created: 22 June 2012 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 May 2013
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 May 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
