Gambierdiscus belizeanus is a species of dinoflagellate, first found in Belize.[1]
Gambierdiscus belizeanus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Myzozoa |
Superclass: | Dinoflagellata |
Class: | Dinophyceae |
Order: | Gonyaulacales |
Family: | Ostreopsidaceae |
Genus: | Gambierdiscus |
Species: | G. belizeanus
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Binomial name | |
Gambierdiscus belizeanus Faust, 1995
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Gambierdiscus belizeanus cells are 53–67 pm long, 54–63 μm wide, and 92–98 μm in dorsoventral depth. Cells are deeply areolated, ellipsoid in apical view, and compressed anteroposteriorly. Its cells are identified by their long, narrow, pentagonal, posterior intercalary plate (1p) wedged between the wide postcingular plates 2″’and 4″; 1p occupies approximately 20% of the width of the hypotheca.[1]
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edit- Leaw, Chui-Pin; Lim, Po-Teen; Tan, Toh-Hii; Tuan-Halim, Tuan Nurhariani; Cheng, Kok-Wah; Ng, Boon-Koon; Usup, Gires (2011). "First report of the benthic dinoflagellate, Gambierdiscus belizeanus (Gonyaulacales: Dinophyceae) for the east coast of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo" (PDF). Phycological Research. 59 (3): 143–146. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1835.2011.00612.x. ISSN 1322-0829. S2CID 85774045.
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