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Mertens, Kenneth; Gu, Haifeng; Takano, Yoshihito; Price, Andrea M.; Pospelova, Vera; Bogus, Kara; Versteegh, Gerard J. M.; Marret, Fabienne; Turner, R. Eugene; Rabalais, Nancy N.; Matsuoka, Kazumi. |
We establish the cyst-theca relationship of the dinoflagellate cyst species Trinovantedinium pallidifulvum Matsuoka 1987 based on germination experiments of specimens isolated from the Gulf of Mexico. We show that the motile stage is a new species, designated as Protoperidinium louisianensis. We also determine its phylogenetic position based on single-cell polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of a single cell germinated from the Gulf of Mexico cysts. To further refine the phylogeny, we determined the large subunit (LSU) sequence through single-cell PCR of the cyst Selenopemphix undulata isolated from Brentwood Bay (Saanich Inlet, BC, Canada). The phylogeny shows that P. louisianensis is closest to P. shanghaiense, the motile stage of T. applanatum, and is... |
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Palavras-chave: Micro-FTIR; Selenopemphix undulata; Wadden Sea; Lake Saroma; Saanich Inlet; Gulf of Mexico. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00385/49609/50120.pdf |
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Mertens, Kenneth; Carbonell-moore, Maria Consuelo; Pospeloya, Vera; Head, Martin J.; Highfield, Andrea; Schroeder, Declan; Gu, Haifeng; Andree, Karl B.; Fernandez, Margarita; Yamaguchi, Aika; Takano, Yoshihito; Matsuoka, Kazumi; Nezan, Elisabeth; Bilien, Gwenael; Okolodkov, Yuri; Koike, Kazuhiko; Hoppenrath, Mona; Pfaff, Maya; Pitcher, Grant; Al-muftah, Abdulrahman; Rochon, Andre; Lim, Po Teen; Leaw, Chui Pin; Lim, Zhen Fei; Ellegaard, Marianne. |
trains of a dinoflagellate from the Salton Sea, previously identified as Protoceratium reticulatum and yessotoxin producing, have been reexamined morphologically and genetically and Pentaplacodinium saltonense n. gen. et sp. is erected to accommodate this species. Pentaplacodinium saltonense differs from Protoceratium reticulatum (Claparède et Lachmann 1859) Bütschli 1885 in the number of precingular plates (five vs. six), cingular displacement (two widths vs. one), and distinct cyst morphology. Incubation experiments (excystment and encystment) show that the resting cyst of Pentaplacodinium saltonense is morphologically most similar to the cyst-defined species Operculodinium israelianum (Rossignol, 1962) Wall (1967) and O. psilatum Wall (1967).... |
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Palavras-chave: Pentaplacodinium; Protoceratium; Precingular plates; Salton Sea; Ceratocorys; Operculodinium; Cribroperidinioideae. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00416/52756/53852.pdf |
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Shin, Hyeon Ho; Li, Zhun; Mertens, Kenneth; Seo, Min Ho; Gu, Haifeng; Lim, Weol Ae; Yoon, Yang Ho; Soh, Ho Young; Matsuoka, Kazumi. |
In Japanese, Chinese and Korean coastal waters, recurrent blooms of a small, elongate Prorocentrum species have been observed in recent years. In previous studies, this species has been respectively identified as P. shikokuense, P. donghaiense and P. dentatum, despite morphological similarity and identical rDNA sequences. To resolve the confusion, morphological features, including the architectural details of the periflagellar area, were examined and ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequences were obtained from specimens collected from the East China Sea and Korean coast, and a strain established in the waters off the Canary Islands of Spain. In addition, the descriptions of the three species and allied species were reviewed. Morphological observations and a phylogeny... |
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Palavras-chave: Morphology; Periflagellar area; RDNA; Prorocentrum veloi; P. monacense. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00566/67839/69555.pdf |
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Mertens, Kenneth; Van Nieuwenhove, Nicolas; Gurdebeke, Pieter R.; Aydin, Hilal; Bogus, Kara; Bringue, Manuel; Dale, Barrie; De Schepper, Stijn; De Vernal, Anne; Ellegaard, Marianne; Grothe, Arjen; Gu, Haifeng; Head, Martin J.; Heikkila, Maija; Limoges, Audrey; Londeix, Laurent; Louwye, Stephen; Marret, Fabienne; Masure, Edwige; Matsuoka, Kazumi; Mudie, Peta J.; Penaud, Aurelie; Pospelova, Vera; Price, Andrea Michelle; Ribeiro, Sofia; Rochon, Andre; Sangiorgi, Francesca; Schreck, Michael; Torres, Vladimir; Uzar, Serdar; Versteegh, Gerard J. M.; Warny, Sophie; Zonneveld, Karin. |
We present a summary of two round-table discussions held during two subsequent workshops in Montreal (Canada) on 16 April 2014 and Ostend (Belgium) on 8 July 2015. Five species of the genus Achomosphaera Evitt 1963 and 33 of the genus Spiniferites Mantell 1850 emend. Sarjeant 1970 occuring in Pliocene to modern sediments are listed and briefly described along with remarks made by workshop participants. In addition, several holotypes and topotypes are reillustrated. Three species previously assigned to Spiniferites are here considered/accepted as belonging to other genera: Impagidinium inaequalis (Wall and Dale in Wall et al. 1973) Londeix et al. 2009, Spiniferites? rubinus (Rossignol 1962 ex Rossignol 1964) Sarjeant 1970, and Thalassiphora balcanica... |
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Palavras-chave: Spiniferites; Achomosphaera; Hafniasphaera; Rottnestia; Pterocysta. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00471/58304/60844.pdf |
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Gurdebeke, Pieter R.; Mertens, Kenneth; Takano, Yoshihito; Yamaguchi, Aika; Bogus, Kara; Dunthorn, Micah; Matsuoka, Kazumi; Vrielinck, Henk; Louwye, Stephen. |
Species in the genera Hexasterias and Halodinium have been recorded over the last decades as acritarchs in palynological and/or plankton studies. In paleoenvironmental studies, these resting stages are often interpreted as indicators of freshwater input. The biological affinity of these genera has never been definitely established. Here, a new species, Halodinium verrucatum sp. nov., is described and molecular evidence (single specimen SSU and LSU rDNA sequencing) reveals that both this new species and Hexasterias problematica, collected from sediment samples in the Skagerrak and Baltic Sea, are resting stages of prorodontid ciliates. Additionally, infrared spectroscopic analysis (micro-FTIR) of Hexasterias problematica and Halodinium spp. specimens... |
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Palavras-chave: Acritarch; Ciliate cyst; FTIR; LSU-SSU rDNA; Prostomatida; Taxonomy. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00468/57970/64186.pdf |
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Zhang, Wei; Li, Zhun; Mertens, Kenneth; Derrien, Amelie; Pospelova, Vera; Carbonell-moore, M. Consuelo; Bagheri, Siamak; Matsuoka, Kazumi; Shin, Hyeon Ho; Gu, Haifeng. |
Gonyaulax verior was initially described as Amylax diacantha from Belgian coastal waters a century ago but its detailed morphology needed restudy. Here, we established nine strains of G. verior by germinating cysts or isolating cells from localities from the European Atlantic to the Caspian Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Both cyst and thecal morphology were examined by light and scanning electron microscopy. SSU, LSU and/or ITS-5.8S rRNA gene sequences were obtained from all strains. Cells of G. verior have a plate formula of Po, 4′, 2a, 6-7′′, 6C, 6S, 6′′′, 1p, 1′′′′ with an L-type ventral organisation, characterised by two either straight or curved antapical horns of variable length. Cysts of G. verior are oval, smooth and contain one or two yellow... |
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Palavras-chave: Amylax diacantha; Cysts; Dinoflagellate; Gonyaulax longispina; Molecular phylogeny. |
Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00621/73347/72625.pdf |
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Gurdebeke, Pieter R.; Mertens, Kenneth; Pospelova, Vera; Matsuoka, Kazumi; Li, Zhen; Gribble, Kristin E.; Gu, Haifeng; Bogus, Kara; Vrielinck, Henk; Louwye, Stephen. |
The taxonomy of the dinoflagellate cyst-based genus Votadinium has been in need of revision. This was accomplished here by integrating morphology, LSU rDNA sequences, and cyst wall composition analyses through micro-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Three new species, Votadinium pontifossatum, V. rhomboideum and V. reidii, were described as cyst stages of Protoperidinium paraoblongum, P. quadrioblongum, and P. steidingerae, respectively. A previously undescribed type of ornamentation was reported for V. pontifossatum. A fourth new species was assigned to V. concavum. Furthermore, Lejeunecysta psilodora Benedek (=Lejeunecysta psuchra Matsuoka), was re-described as V. psilodora and the holotype re-illustrated, as was done for the holotype of V.... |
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Palavras-chave: Taxonomy; Dual nomenclature; Dinocyst; Ornamentation; Micro-FTIR; Cyst wall composition; Sporopollenin. |
Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00480/59214/62622.pdf |
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Mertens, Kenneth; Takano, Yoshihito; Gu, Haifeng; Bagheri, Siamak; Pospelova, Vera; Pienkowski, Anna J.; Leroy, Suzanne A. G.; Matsuoka, Kazumi. |
We investigate the cyst-theca relationship of Impagidinium caspienense. Through an incubation experiment, we succeeded in examining the motile stage. Additional molecular analysis of single-cyst PCR (LSU and SSU rDNA) reveal that the cyst is related to the species Gonyaulax baltica Ellegaard et al. (2002). The ability of this species to belong to two types of cyst-based genera (spiniferate and impagidinioid) suggests that environmental (particularly salinity) and not genetic factors explain the formation of both morphotypes by Gonyaulax baltica, which provides evidence for heterospory in this species. The affiliation to Gonyaulax baltica demonstrates that Impagidinium caspienense is not endemic to the Caspian Sea. The phylogenetic position of several other... |
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Palavras-chave: Ataxiodinium choane; Baltic Sea; Impagidinium pallidum; Pyxidinopsis psilata; Salinity; Spiniferites belerius; Spiniferites ramosus. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00382/49326/49703.pdf |
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Mertens, Kenneth; Gu, Haifeng; Gurdebeke, Pieter R.; Takano, Yoshihito; Clarke, Dave; Aydin, Hilal; Li, Zhen; Pospelova, Vera; Shin, Hyeon Ho; Li, Zhun; Matsuoka, Kazumi; Head, Martin J.. |
Dinoflagellates are a major component of the modern plankton. Of the 2192 species of marine free-living dinoflagellates presently described, an increasing number are being shown to produce resting cysts (probably hypnozygotes) within their life cycle. With rare exception, only the resting cysts fossilize, so they are of central importance in tracing the history of dinoflagellates through geological time. Cysts of many of the more common dinoflagellate species have distinctive morphologies allowing their geographic and stratigraphic occurrences to be traced. An ever-increasing number of taxa are also being shown to produce distinctive cysts, potentially increasing our knowledge of the diverse representation of dinoflagellates through time. Here the... |
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Palavras-chave: Archaeperidinium; Diplopsalis; Dubridinium; Echinidinium; Gymnodinium; Lejeunecysta; Protoperidinium. |
Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00512/62333/66593.pdf |
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