Gambierdiscus belizeanus

Gambierdiscus belizeanus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Gonyaulacales
Family: Goniodomataceae
Genus: Gambierdiscus
Species: Gambierdiscus belizeanus
Faust, 1995

Gambierdiscus belizeanus is a species of dinoflagellates, first found in Belize.[1]

G. belizeanus cells are 53–67 pm long, 54–63 μm wide, and 92–98 μm in dorsoventral depth. Cells are deeply areolated, ellipsoid in apical view, and compressed anteroposteriorly. Its cells are identified by their long, narrow, pentagonal, posterior intercalary plate (1p) wedged between the wide postcingular plates 2″’and 4″; 1p occupies approximately 20% of the width of the hypotheca.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Faust, Maria A. (1995). "OBSERVATION OF SAND-DWELLING TOXIC DINOFLAGELLATES (DINOPHYCEAE) FROM WIDELY DIFFERING SITES, INCLUDING TWO NEW SPECIES1". Journal of Phycology. 31 (6): 996–1003. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.1995.00996.x. ISSN 0022-3646.

Further reading

  • Leaw, Chui-Pin; Lim, Po-Teen; Tan, Toh-Hii; Tuan-Halim, Tuan Nurhariani; Cheng, Kok-Wah; Ng, Boon-Koon; Usup, Gires (2011). "First report of the benthic dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus belizeanus (Gonyaulacales: Dinophyceae) for the east coast of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo". Phycological Research. 59 (3): 143–146. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1835.2011.00612.x. ISSN 1322-0829.
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