Takayama tasmanica

Takayama tasmanica
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinoflagellata
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Brachidiniales
Family:
Brachidiniaceae
Genus:
Takayama
Species:
Takayama tasmanica

De Salas et al., 2003

Takayama tasmanica is a species of dinoflagellates with sigmoid apical grooves first found in Tasmanian and South African waters.[1] It contains fucoxanthin and its derivatives as its main accessory pigments.

Takayama tasmanica is similar to Gymnodinium pulchellum in its external morphology, however it differs from them by having two ventral pores, a large horseshoe-shaped nucleus, and its characteristic central pyrenoid with radiating chloroplasts passing through its nucleus. It possesses gyroxanthin-diester and a gyroxanthin-like accessory pigment, which are missing in its sister species T. helix.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b De salas, Miguel F.; Bolch, Christopher J. S.; Botes, Lizeth; Nash, Geraldine; Wright, Simon W.; Hallegraeff, Gustaaf M. (2003). "Takayama Gen. Nov. (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae), A New Genus of Unarmored Dinoflagellates with Sigmoid Apical Grooves, Including the Description of Two New Species1". Journal of Phycology. 39 (6): 1233–1246. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.2003.03-019.x. ISSN 0022-3646. S2CID 85272820.

Further reading

  • De Salas, Miguel F., et al. "Gymnodinoid genera Karenia and Takayama (Dinophyceae) in New Zealand coastal waters." (2005): 135–139.
  • Mooney, Ben D., et al. "Survey for karlotoxin production in 15 species of gymnodinioid dinoflagellates (Kareniaceae, Dinophyta) 1." Journal of Phycology45.1 (2009): 164–175.


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