An annotated checklist of dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae) from the Mexican Pacific

By Y. Okolodkov, I. Gárate-Lizárraga. 2006

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An annotated checklist of about 605 principally free-living dinoflagellate species and infraspecific taxa from 91 genera reported from the Mexican Pacific is presented on the basis of published literature, some theses, unpublished reports, and original data. Literature references from 1878 to 2005 (in total, 311) are included in the bibliography, and taxonomic notes in regard to some taxa are given, where appropriate. The presence of illustrations divided into three categories (line drawings, light micrographs and scanning electronic micrographs) in the cited works is indicated as well as the known distribution of the taxa in the Mexican Pacific. The nomenclature is brought up to date, and 193 species and infraspecific taxa are accompanied with original comments. Four new combinations are proposed: Histioneis pieltainii (B. F. Osorio) Okolodkov comb. nov., Latifascia subantarctica (Balech) Okolodkov comb. nov., Peridiniella globosa (P. A. Dang.) Okolodkov comb. nov. and Protoperidinium curtipes (Jorg.) Balech f. asymmetricum (Matzen.) Okolodkov comb. nov. Twentynine nomina nuda were revealed. The leading genera are Protoperidinium (111 species), Ceratium (63) Dinophysis (41), Gonyaulax (25), Oxytoxum (22), Gymnodinium (22), Prorocentrum (21), Alexandrium (17) Ornithocercus (12) and Amphidinium (12). To discover the true dinoflagellate species diversity in the Mexican Pacific, more studies on the athecate Gymnodiniales species, benthic and epiphytic dinoflagellates, the ‘‘Diplopsalis group’’, the genus Protoperidinium and recently described genera of the family Podolampadaceae, are needed.

Subfields: Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Oceanography

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Seasonal changes of benthic and epiphytic dinoflagellates in the Veracruz reef zone, Gulf of Mexico (2007, background): “Some benthic species such as Coolia monotis, Gambierdiscus toxicus, Prorocentrum lima, P. belizeaum M. A. Faust, Sinophysis canaliculata and Ostreopsis spp. are known from the Mexican Pacific (for detailed information, see Okolodkov & Gárate-Lizárraga 2006).”
The pan-Arctic biodiversity of marine pelagic and sea-ice unicellular eukaryotes: a first-attempt assessment (2011, background): “Moreno et al. (1996) and Okolodkov and Gárate-Lizárraga (2006) reported the occurrence of 418 planktonic and benthic diatoms, and 605 dinoflagellates from the Gulf of California and the Mexican Pacific Ocean, respectively, while Krayesky et al. (2009) and Steidinger et al. (2009) recorded 948…”
Harmful algal blooms along the North American west coast region: History, trends, causes, and impacts (2012, background): “Several species of Alexandrium have been reported from Pacific waters off Mexico (Okolodkov and Garate-Lizárraga, 2006; Hernández-Becerril et al., 2007), but none have been associated with toxic events.”
Morphological identification of two tropical dinoflagellates of the genera Gambierdiscus and Sinophysis in the Mediterranean Sea (2008, background): “Sinophysis canaliculata has been previously reported only from the Indian Ocean Islands (Quod et al., 1999), Malaysian waters (Mohammad-Noor et al., 2007) and the Mexican Pacific (Okolodkov & Gárate-Lizárraga, 2006).”