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Marine planktonic dinoflagellates of the order Dinophysiales (Dinophyta) from coasts of the tropical Mexican Pacific, including two new species of the genus Amphisolenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2008

David U. Hernández-Becerril ,
J. Gerardo A. Ceballos-Corona ,
Karina Esqueda-Lara ,
Myriam A. Tovar-Salazar  and
Daniel León-Álvarez
David U. Hernández-Becerril*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Apartado Postal 70-305, México, DF 04510, Mexico
J. Gerardo A. Ceballos-Corona
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología Acuática ‘Javier Alvarado Díaz’, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Morelia, Michoacán, 58030, Mexico
Karina Esqueda-Lara
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Apartado Postal 70-305, México, DF 04510, Mexico Laboratorio de Ecosistemas Marinos y Acuicultura, Departamento de Ecología, CUCBA, Universidad de Guadalajara (U de G), Apartado Postal 52-114, Zapopan, Jalisco, 45110, Mexico
Myriam A. Tovar-Salazar
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología Acuática ‘Javier Alvarado Díaz’, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Morelia, Michoacán, 58030, Mexico
Daniel León-Álvarez
Affiliation:
Herbario (FCME), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México, DF 04510, Mexico
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: David U. Hernández-BecerrilInstituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Apartado Postal 70-305, México DF 04510Mexico email: dhernand@mar.icmyl.unam.mx
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Abstract

Despite a recent revision of the dinoflagellates of the order Dinophysiales on Mexican coasts and a checklist of dinoflagellates from the Mexican Pacific, many records still need to be confirmed, for there are very few reliable illustrations and/or descriptions. In this paper, species composition and distribution of dinoflagellates belonging to the Dinophysiales, the product of the analysis of net phytoplankton material collected from coasts of the tropical Mexican Pacific (Jalisco to Chiapas) are presented. The material has been studied using light microscopy, although a few species were also studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Forty-one species from five genera were identified, with two new records annotated for the Mexican Pacific: Amphisolenia thrinax and Metaphalacroma skogsbergii, and two new species of the genus Amphisolenia, Amphisolenia fusiformis sp. nov. and Amphisolenia michoacana sp. nov. Illustrations, dimensions and distribution data are provided for each species, and descriptions of the new species are also given. Amphisolenia palmata, A. rectangulata, A. truncata, Dinophysis apicata, D. hindmarchii, Histioneis biremis, H. crateriformis, H. pulchra, Ornithocercus cristatus, O. heteroporoides and O. orbiculatus are illustrated for the first time in the waters of the Mexican Pacific. The number of species found in this study is relatively low. The species Dinophysis norvegica and D. sacculus, reported in previous papers, do not seem to occur in Mexican waters, as their distribution is rather limited to the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic, respectively. Finally, the identity of certain species of Dinophysis and the nature of the new species described here are discussed.

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dinoflagellatesDinophysialesMexican Pacificnew speciesphytoplankton
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 1 - 15
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008

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