MORPHOLOGICAL DETAILS OF 6 BENTHIC SPECIES OF PROROCENTRUM (PYRROPHYTA) FROM A MANGROVE ISLAND, TWIN CAYS, BELIZE, INCLUDING 2 NEW SPECIES

被引:97
作者
FAUST, MA
机构
[1] Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, Suitland, Maryland, 20746
关键词
BENTHIC DINOFLAGELLATES; MANGROVE HABITAT; PROROCENTRALES; PROROCENTRUM-CONCAVUM; PROROCENTRUM EMARGINATUM; PROROCENTRUM-HOFFMANNIANUM SP-NOV; PROROCENTRUM-LIMA; PROROCENTRUM MEXICANUM; PROROCENTRUM-RUETZLERIANUM SP-NOV; PYRROPHYTA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY;
D O I
10.1111/j.0022-3646.1990.00548.x
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Two new dinoflagellate species, Prorocentrum hoffmannianum and Prorocentrum ruetzlerianum, and four known species, Prorocentrum emarginatum Fukuyo 1981, Prorocentrum mexicanum Tafall 1942, Prorocentrum concavum Fukuyo 1981, and Prorocentrum lima (Ehr.) Dodge 1975, from floating detritus and sediments in a subtropical mangrove island, Twin Cays, Belize, Central America are described from scanning electron micrographs. Differences in the following characters of surface micromorphology separated the species: ornamentation of thecal plates (shape, size, and number of valve pores and areolae) and the architecture of the periflagellar area and intercalary band.
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