FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Discovery of a New Clade Nested Within the Genus Alexandrium (Dinophyceae): Morpho-molecular Characterization of Centrodinium punctatum (Cleve) F.J.R. Taylor BT AF Li, Zhun Mertens, Kenneth Nézan, Elisabeth Chomérat, Nicolas Bilien, Gwenael Iwataki, Mitsunori Shin, Hyeon Ho AS 1:1;2:2;3:2;4:2;5:2;6:3;7:1; FF 1:;2:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO;3:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO;4:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO;5:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO;6:;7:; C1 Library of Marine Samples, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, Republic of Korea Ifremer, LER BO, Station de Biologie Marine,Place de la Croix, BP40537, F-29185 Concarneau Cedex, France Asian Natural Environmental Science Center, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan C2 KIOST, SOUTH KOREA IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV TOKYO, JAPAN SI CONCARNEAU SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-int-hors-europe IF 1.989 TC 19 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00483/59496/62364.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Fusiform dinoflagellate;Centrodinium;Alexandrium;morphology;phylogeny AB Investigation of phytoplankton from East China Sea of the Pacific Ocean, offshore Réunion Island of the Indian Ocean, and the French Atlantic coast revealed a species of poorly known armored fusiform dinoflagellate. To clarify this species, morphology and phylogeny based on mitochondrial and nuclear protein gene sequence (Cox1, Cob and Hsp90) concatenated with the SSU, ITS region and LSU rDNA sequences were analysed. Epifluorescence and scanning electron microscopy observations revealed that the nucleus of the specimen was elongated, sausage-shaped and located equatorially on the left lateral side of the cell, and that the plate formula is Po, 3′, 1a, 6″, 6C, 8S, 5‴, 1p, 2′‴. These morphological features indicate that the species can be assigned to Centrodinium punctatum. Interestingly, the phylogenetic analyses placed this species within the Alexandrium clade, with Alexandrium affine being its closest relative. This indicates that genus Alexandrium is not monophyletic. The most similar morphological traits between C. punctatum and Alexandrium species were the shape of apical pore plate and the arrangement of the sulcal plates. However, since there are significant morphological differences between C. punctatum and Alexandrium species, further studies are needed to clarify the relation between the morphology and molecular phylogeny of other Centrodinium-related fusiform species. PY 2019 PD APR SO Protist SN 1434-4610 PU Elsevier BV VL 170 IS 2 UT 000469029700004 BP 168 EP 186 DI 10.1016/j.protis.2019.02.003 ID 59496 ER EF