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- Title
Pyramidodinium atrofuscum gen. et sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), a new marine sand-dwelling coccoid dinoflagellate from tropical waters.
- Authors
Horiguchi, Takeo; Sukigara, Chisa
- Abstract
A new marine sand-dwelling coccoid dinoflagellate Pyramidodinium atrofuscum Horiguchi et Sukigara gen. et sp. nov. is described from Jellyfish Lake, Republic of Palau. The dinoflagellate alternates a non-motile vegetative stage with a motile gymnodinioid stage within its life cycle. The non-motile stage is dominant in the life cycle and the dinoflagellate reproduces itself by means of the production of two motile cells. The released motile cell swims only for a short period and is directly transformed into the non-motile cell. The non-motile cell is sessile, pyramidal in shape, with a single longitudinal ridge and a double transverse ridge. The surface of the cell wall is covered with many processes. The motile cell has a Gymnodinium-like morphology, but no apical groove is present. An ultrastructural study revealed that the dinoflagellate possesses typical dinoflagellate organelles. Based on the unique morphology of the vegetative non-motile stage, we propose a new genus Pyramidodinium for this dinoflagellate, with the type species Pyramidodinium atrofuscum Horiguchi et Sukigara, gen. et sp. nov.
- Subjects
TROPICS; PALAU; DINOFLAGELLATES; SCALE insects; MARINE insects; CELLS
- Publication
Phycological Research, 2005, Vol 53, Issue 4, p247
- ISSN
1322-0829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1440-183.2005.00392.x