New records of Scaphodinium mirabile (Dinophyceae), an unnoticed dinoflagellate in the Pacific Ocean

Authors: Gómez F.; Furuya K.

Source: Phycological Research, Volume 52, Number 1, March 2004 , pp. 13-16(4)

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Abstract:

Summary

Previous records of dinoflagellate Scaphodinium mirabile Margalef (Leptodiscaceae, Noctilucales) were restricted to the Mediterranean-Black Sea and Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Nine and 34 specimens were observed in the upper 100 m layer in May and July, respectively, in a cross-section in the vicinity of the Kuroshio Current (NW Pacific Ocean). Nearly all the Lugol-fixed specimens appeared folded over themselves, an appearance that differs from the view reported in the scarce literature available.

Keywords: aberrant dinoflagellate; Dinophyceae; Dinophyta; Kuroshio Current; Noctilucales; Pacific Ocean; phytoplankton; Scaphodinium; taxonomy

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2003.00320.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Aquatic Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan

Publication date: 2004-03-01