Ma. Faust, 3 NEW BENTHIC SPECIES OF PROROCENTRUM (DINOPHYCEAE) FROM TWIN-CAYS, BELIZE - P-MACULOSUM SP-NOV, P-FORAMINOSUM SP-NOV AND P-FORMOSUM SP-NOV, Phycologia, 32(6), 1993, pp. 410-418
Three new benthic dinoflagellate species, Prorocentrum maculosum sp. n
ov., Prorocentrum foraminosum sp. nov. and Prorocentrum formosum sp. n
ov., are described from floating detritus and sediments in a subtropic
al mangrove island, Twin Cays, Belize, Central America, using scanning
electron microscopy. Differences in the following characters of surfa
ce morphology separated the species: ornamentation of thecal plates (s
hape, size and number of valve pores) and the architecture of the peri
flagellar area and intercalary band.