Alexandrium margale fi i Balech ( Figures 22–24 )

Hernández-Becerril, David U., Pichardo-Velarde, Jorge G., Alonso-Rodríguez, Rosalba, Maciel-Baltazar, Ebodio, Morquecho, Lourdes, Esqueda-Lara, Karina, Barón-Campis, Sofía A. & Quiroz-González, Nataly, 2023, Diversity and distribution of species of the planktonic dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium (Dinophyta) from the tropical and subtropical Mexican Pacific Ocean, Botanica Marina (Warsaw, Poland) 66 (6), pp. 539-557 : 544-545

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1515/bot-2023-0037

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11265795

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E50944-FFB2-2A1E-4D06-E48AFD47FEA1

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Alexandrium margale fi i Balech ( Figures 22–24 )
status

 

3.1.5 Alexandrium margale fi i Balech ( Figures 22–24)

References: Hallegraeff et al. 1991, 580, figs 10–16; Balech 1994, 220, figs 12–15; Balech 1995, 78, pl. XVI, figs 19–32; Hallegraeff et al. 2010, 186, figs 4.18F, 4.19D.

Solitary cells of medium-size, subspherical shaped, longer than wide ( Figure 22 View Figures 22–24 ). The epitheca is convex ( Figure 23 View Figures 22–24 ), wide and excavated cingulum, and the hypotheca is convex ( Figure 24 View Figures 22–24 ). The first apical plate (1′) is not connected with Po, is quadrilateral and has a small ventral pore on its upper margin ( Figure 23 View Figures 22–24 ). The posterior sulcal plate (Sp) has an oblique anterior border.

Measurements: 26–36 μm L, 26–35 μm W (Table 1).

Toxicity: this species is not considered to be toxic ( Long et al. 2021).

Distribution: in the middle of the Gulf of California.

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