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Characterization of a Karenia papilionacea-like dinoflagellate from the South China Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2005

P.K.K. Yeung ,
V.K.L. Hung ,
F.K.C. Chan  and
J.T.Y. Wong
P.K.K. Yeung
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
V.K.L. Hung
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
F.K.C. Chan
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
J.T.Y. Wong
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Abstract

The morphological characteristics of a new isolate of a dorso-ventrally flattened athecate dinoflagellate obtained from Hong Kong (HK) waters is described. Partial sequences of the large subunit ribosomal RNA gene were obtained and a high degree of similarity was observed with various species within the genus Karenia. Phylogenetic comparison suggested the Karenia sp. HK forms a clade with the newly described species K. papilionacea from New Zealand but not with authentic K. brevis from North America. Karenia sp. HK is the first K. brevis-like dinoflagellate characterized by molecular cladistics from the South China Sea and the results call for re-examination of the status of other K. brevis-like morphotypes described from the region.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 85 , Issue 4 , August 2005 , pp. 779 - 781
Copyright
2005 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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