FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Should Gonyaulax hyalina and Gonyaulax fragilis (Dinophyceae) remain two different taxa? BT AF Carbonell-Moore, M. Consuelo Mertens, Kenneth AS 1:1;2:2; FF 1:;2:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO; C1 Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-2902, USA Ifremer, LER BO, Station de Biologie Marine, Place de la Croix, BP 40537, Concarneau Cedex F-29185, France C2 UNIV OREGON STATE, USA IFREMER, FRANCE SI CONCARNEAU SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-int-hors-europe IF 2.276 TC 11 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00516/62786/67616.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Anterior sulcal plate;Gonyaulax polygramma;Misidentification AB Escalera et al. (2018. Phycologia 57: 453–464) concluded that Gonyaulax hyalina and G. fragilis were the same species. Here, the morphologies of G. hyalina and G. fragilis were restudied in field samples from different parts of the World Ocean. Results showed that Escalera et al. did not observe G. fragilis, as all strains used in their study belong to one species, G. hyalina. In consequence, it is hereby proposed that the two taxa remain as separate species until further genetic studies are carried out. Additionally, the interpretation of the anterior sulcal plate as unique within gonyaulacoids is considered here inaccurate, as the plate pattern of both species is similar to other species of Gonyaulax, e.g. G. polygramma. We also show that both species may co-occur in the same sample. Their observation of an anterior intercalary plate in cultures of G. hyalina was confirmed in field samples. PY 2019 SO Phycologia SN 0031-8884 PU Informa UK Limited VL 58 IS 6 UT 000490983300001 BP 685 EP 689 DI 10.1080/00318884.2019.1663477 ID 62786 ER EF