Karenia brevis

Karenia brevis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnodiniales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: Tsar Cladus: Sar Infraregnum: Alveolata Phylum: Myzozoa Subphylum: Dinozoa Infraphylum: Dinoflagellata Classis: Dinophyceae Ordo: Gymnodiniales

Familia: Kareniaceae
Genus: Karenia
Species: Karenia brevis

Name

Karenia brevis (C.C.Davis) Gert Hansen & Moestrup, 2000: 308

• Type locality: Gulf of Mexico: near Naples, Florida, USA.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gymnodinium breve C.C.Davis 1948
• Homotypic
  • Ptychodiscus brevis (C.C.Davis) K.A.Steidinger 1979

References

Primary references

• Daugbjerg, N., Hansen, G., Larsen, J. & Moestrup, Ø. 2000. Phylogeny of some of the major genera of dinoflagellates based on ultrastructure and partial LSU rDNA sequence data, including the erection of three new genera of unarmoured dinoflagellates. Phycologia 39(4): 302–317. DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-39-4-302.1 Reference page.