Takayama tasmanica M.F.Salas, Bolch & Hallegraeff 2003
Publication Details
Takayama tasmanica M.F.Salas, Bolch & Hallegraeff 2003: 1235, 1236, figs 2-4, 13 A, B
Published in: Salas, M.F. de , Bolch, C.J.S., Botes, L., Nash, G., Wright, S.W. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2003). Takayama gen. nov. (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae), a new genus of unarmoured dinoflagellates with sigmoid apical grooves, including the description of two new species. Journal of Phycology 39: 1233-1246.
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This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Takayama.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype locality: Estuary of the River Derwent, Tasmania, Australia; (Salas & al. 2003: 1236) Holotype: Fig. 13, A and B of culture TTDE01: (Salas & al. 2003: 1236) Notes: Culture deposited in the University of Tasmania Harmful Algae Culture Collection.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cells obovate in outline, slightly dorsoventrally flattened, 16-27 microns long, 14-26 microns wide, 10-20 microns thick. Epicone hemispherical. Hypocone truncated and incised. Cingulum deeply excavated and wide, displaced about 25% of total cell length. Sulcus wider in the hypocone than the intercingular region, extending shortly into the epicone. Apical groove sigmoid, extending from below and to right of the sulcal extension, across the epicone and around the cell apex, to approximately 2/3 of the way down the dorsal epicone. Tube like structure in the intercingular region of the sulcus. Chloroplasts 7-10, radiating from a central pyrenoid and through the nucleus, branching peripherally. Nucleus without a capsule, filling most of the epicone, surrounding the pyrenoid laterally, dorsally and apically.
Created: 15 June 2005 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 28 May 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 November 2024
