Seyfettin TAŞ, Tufan KORAY, Erdoğan OKUŞ

New record of a dinoflagellate species Corythodinium tesselatum (Stein) Loeblich Jr. and Loeblich III from Turkish coastal waters of the North-eastern Mediterranean Sea

Dinoflagellatlara ait Corythodinium (Stein) Loeblich Jr. & Loeblich III cinsi ve bu cinse ait Corythodinium tesselatum (Stein) Loeblich Jr. & Loeblich III türü Türkiye'nin kıyısal sularında (kuzeydoğu Akdeniz) ilk kez rapor edilmiştir. Bu türün morfolojik özellikleri tanımlanmış ve ekolojik dağılımı hakkında bilgiler verilmiştir.

Kuzeydoğu Akdeniz' in Türkiye kıyısal sularında bir Dinoflagellat türü olan Corythodinium tesselatum (STein) Loeblich Jr. and Loeblich III için yeni kayıt

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 (northeastern Mediterranean). The morphological characteristics of this species are described and information about its ecological distribution is given.

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