On the Presence of Heterocapsa pygmaea A.R.Loebl. (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae) in the Northern Levantine Basin (Eastern Mediterranean)

Authors

ZAHİT UYSAL
MITSUNORI IWATAKI
TUFAN KORAY

DOI

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Abstract

The presence of the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa pygmaea A.R.Loebl. in bloom quantity is reported for the first time from Mersin Bay (northern Levantine basin, eastern Mediterranean). Further, it is the only species of the family Heterocapsaceae reported from Turkish seas (southern Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, and north-eastern Mediterranean). Our observations on the fine structure of the body scale of the specimen suggested that the scale morphology is identical to that of H. pygmaea.

Keywords

Heterocapsa pygmaea, bloom, northern Levantine basin

First Page

149

Last Page

152

Recommended Citation

UYSAL, ZAHİT; IWATAKI, MITSUNORI; and KORAY, TUFAN (2003) "On the Presence of Heterocapsa pygmaea A.R.Loebl. (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae) in the Northern Levantine Basin (Eastern Mediterranean)," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 27: No. 2, Article 8. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol27/iss2/8