A REDESCRIPTION OF SCRIPPSIELLA-HANGOEI (SCHILLER) COMB-NOV - A RED TIDE DINOFLAGELLATE FROM THE NORTHERN BALTIC

Authors
LARSEN J KUOSA H IKAVALKO J KIVI K HALLFORS S
Citation
J. Larsen et al., A REDESCRIPTION OF SCRIPPSIELLA-HANGOEI (SCHILLER) COMB-NOV - A RED TIDE DINOFLAGELLATE FROM THE NORTHERN BALTIC, Phycologia, 34(2), 1995, pp. 135-144
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences","Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Phycologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00318884
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
135 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-8884(1995)34:2<135:AROS(C>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Scrippsiella hangoei (Schiller) comb. nov. is one of the most abundant species during the winter-spring season in the northern Baltic Sea. I t has formed blooms under the ice on several occasions with cell conce ntrations reaching 24 x 10(6) l(-1). The species is described by light and scanning electron microscopy and shown to be identical to Peridin ium gracile Lindemann 1924, nom. illeg. The plate formula is pp, vap o r X, 4', 3(4)a, 7'', 6c, 7s, 5''', Op, 2''''. In the northern Baltic i t forms organic cysts, and an extension of the generic boundary of Scr ippsiella is discussed, to include species with non-calcareous cysts.