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Takayama Gen. Nov. (Gymondiniales, Dinophyceae) a new genus of unarmored dinoflagellates with sigmoid apical grooves, including the description of two new species

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posted on 2023-05-16, 14:28 authored by Miguel de SalasMiguel de Salas, Christopher BolchChristopher Bolch, Botes, L, Nash, G, Wright, SW, Gustaaf HallegraeffGustaaf Hallegraeff
A new potentially ichthyotoxic dinoflagellate genus, Takayama de Salas, Bolch, Botes et Hallegraeff gen. nov., is described with two new species isolated from Tasmanian (Australia) and South African coastal waters: T. tasmanica de Salas, Bolch et Hallegraeff, sp. nov. and T. helix, de Salas, Bolch, Botes et Hallegraeff, sp. nov. The genus and two species are characterized by LM and EM of field samples and laboratory cultures as well as large subunit rDNA sequences and HPLC pigment analyses of several cultured strains. The new Takayama species have sigmoid apical grooves and contain fucoxanthin and its derivatives as the main accessory pigments. Takayama tasmanica is similar to the previously described species Gymnodinium pulchellum Larsen, Gyrodinium acrotrochum Larsen, and G. cladochroma Larsen in its external morphology but differs from these in having two ventral pores, a large horseshoe-shaped nucleus, and a central pyrenoid with radiating chloroplasts that pass through the nucleus. It contains gyroxanthin-diester and a gyroxanthin-like accessory pigment, both of which are missing in T. helix. Takayama helix has an apical groove that is nearly straight while still being clearly inflected. A ventral pore or slit is present. It has numerous peripheral, strap shaped, and spiraling chloroplasts with individual pyrenoids and a solid ellipsoidal nucleus. The genus Takayama has close affinities to the genera Karenia and Karlodinium.

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Publication title

Journal of Phycology

Volume

39

Pagination

1-14

ISSN

0022-3646

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Inc

Place of publication

Malden, USA

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  • Restricted

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Fisheries - aquaculture not elsewhere classified

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