Karlodinium ballantinum Salas 2008
Publication Details
Karlodinium ballantinum Salas 2008: 247, figs 5, 11C
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: Mercury Passage, Tasmania, Australia; (Salas et al. 2008: 247) Holotype: March 2006; (Salas et al. 2008: 247, 242) Notes: Holotype: Fig. 5, illustrating cells from the clonal culture KDBMP01, deposited in the Univ. of Tasmania's Collection of Microalgae; also comprises the 28S rDNA sequence stored under genBank accession number EF469232.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cells small and ellipsoidal, 11-18 microns long and 8-14 microns wide. Epicone and hypocone both hemispherical. Hypocone not truncated by the sulcus. Ventral pore absent or inconspicuous. Apical groove very short and linear, extending less than halfway down the ventral epicone and very briefly down the dorsal side. Cingulum deeply excavated and displaced 1/3 of the cell length. Sulcus with an evident "S" bend and deeply excavated in the hypocone, extending briefly into the epicone. The left margin of the sulcus in the epicone overhangs it as a small fold. Chloroplasts long and narrow, several in number, irregularly distributed throughout the cell. Nucleus very large and located centrally toward the dorsal cell surface.
Created: 02 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 26 April 2024
