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MORPHOLOGIC DETAILS OF SIX BENTHIC SPECIES OF PROROCENTRUM (PYRROPHYTA) FROM A MANGROVE ISLAND, TWIN CAYS, BELIZE, INCLUDING TWO NEW SPECIES 1
Author(s) -
Faust Maria A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1990.00548.x
Subject(s) - mangrove , biology , benthic zone , dinoflagellate , dinophyceae , subtropics , detritus , ecology , botany , phytoplankton , nutrient
Two new dinoflagellate species, Prorocentrum hoffmannianum and Prorocentrum ruetzlerianum , and four known species, Prorocentrum emarginatum Fukuyo 1981, Prorocentrum mesicanum 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.