New Record of a Dinoflagellate Species Corythodinium tesselatum (Stein) Loeblich Jr. & Loeblich III from Turkish Coastal Waters of the North-eastern Mediterranean Sea

Authors: SEYFETTİN TAŞ, ERDOĞAN OKUŞ, TUFAN KORAY

Abstract: The dinoflagellate genus Corythodinium (Stein) Loeblich Jr. & Loeblich III and one species belonging to this genus, Corythodinium tesselatum (Stein) Loeblich Jr. & Loeblich III, are reported for the first time from the coastal waters of Turkey (north-eastern Mediterranean). The morphological characteristics of this species are described and information about its ecological distribution is given.

Keywords: Corythodinium tesselatum, dinoflagellate, phytoplankton, north-eastern Mediterranean, Datça-Bozburun Peninsula

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