Karlodinium australe Salas, Bolch & Hallegraeff 2005
Publication Details
Karlodinium australe Salas, Bolch & Hallegraeff 2005: 644-646, figs 2-17
Published in: Salas, M.F. de , Bolch, C.J.S. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2005). Karlodinium australe sp. nov. (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae), a new potentially ichthyotoxic unarmoured dinoflagellate from lagoonal habitats of south-eastern Australia. Phycologia 44: 640-650.
Request PDFType 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
Holotype locality: Grants Lagoon, Tasmania, Australia; (Salas & al. 2005: 644) Notes: Holotype: Fig. 17 (p. 647), schematic representation of ventral and dorsal views of a cell from strain KDAGT03, from Grants Lagoon.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1973).
Description
Small unarmoured cells, oval in outline, 19-26 microns long, and 16-22 microns wide. Epicone hemispherical and notched at the apex. Hypocone hemispherical. Sulcus shallow and wide, invading the epicone as a finger-like projection. Ventral pore and above and to the left of the sulcal extension. Cingulum displaced approximately 25% of the cell length. Apical groove short and straight, extending only briefly onto the dorsal side of the epicone. Nucleus large and anterior. Several chloroplasts distributed irregularly through the cell periphery, with individual pyramidal pyrenoids. Amphiesmal plug-like structures in hexagonal configuration not detected.
Created: 08 February 2006 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 November 2020
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 November 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
