Spiraulax kofoidii H. W Graham 1942
Creators
- 1. Zoological Survey of India, Protozoology Section, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700 053, India & Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700 019, India * [E-mail: jasbose @ gmail. com]
- 2. Zoological Survey of India, Protozoology Section, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700 053, India
Description
6. Spiraulax kofoidii H.W Graham, 1942
Diagnostic characters: Fusiform body shape. Presence of well-developed theca with areolated surface. Presence of a distinct antapical spine, narrow cingulum, and a well-formed sulcal lists (Fig. 2f).
Taxonomic Remarks: This species was formerly described and placed under the order Gonyaulacales but now is shifted to a temporary family Peridinnida incertae sedis under the order Peridiniales.
Distribution: Tamil Nadu coast, India 10, Vitória-Trindade Seamount Chain, South Atlantic Ocean 35, Brazil waters 29, Canary Islands 34, Caribbean Sea 32, Mexican waters, Pacific Ocean 33, Australian waters 31.
This species was observed from the station APK4 (subsurface depths) for the first time in Kakinada waters, and in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Peridiniida
- Genus
- Spiraulax
- Kingdom
- Chromista
- Order
- Peridiniales
- Phylum
- Myzozoa
- Scientific name authorship
- H. W Graham
- Species
- kofoidii
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Spiraulax kofoidii Graham, 1942 sec. Bhowal, Purushothaman & Siddique, 2023
References
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- 29 Odebrecht C, Dinophyceae, In: Catalogo de plantas e fungos do Brasil, Vol 1, Rio de Janeiro: Andrea Jakobsson Estudio, edited by Forzza R C, (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro), 2010, pp. 366 - 383.
- 34 Afonso-Carrillo J, Lista actualizada de las algas marinas de las islas Canarias, Las Palmas: Elaborada para la Sociedad Espanola de Ficologia (SEF), 2014, pp. 1 - 64.
- 32 Halim Y, Dinoflagellates of the South-East Caribbean Sea (East- Venezuela), Int Rev Ges Hydrobiol, 52 (5) (1967) 701 - 755.
- 33 Okolodkov Y B & Garate Lizarraga I, An annotated checklist of dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae) from the Mexican Pacific, Acta Bot Mex, 74 (2006) 1 - 154.
- 31 McCarthy P M, Census of Australian Marine Dinoflagellates, (Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra), version 11, 2013. http: // www. anbg. gov. au / abrs / Dinoflagellates / index _ Dino. html