Original paper
Peridiniopsis niei sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), a new species of freshwater red tide dinoflagellates from China
Liu, Guo-Xiang Pei
Nova Hedwigia Band 87 Heft 3-4 (2008), p. 487 - 499
published: Nov 1, 2008
DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2008/0087-0487
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Abstract
A new freshwater phototrophic species of the dinoflagellate genus Peridiniopsis, P. niei sp. nov., is described based on morphology. The new species appeared during spring with densities up to 1.48 × 107 cells L−1 in some tributaries and gullies of Three Gorge Reservoir and Lake Donghu, China, forming red tides. Peridiniopsis niei is a cyst-producing freshwater dinoflagellate that belongs to the group Penardii. The plate tabulation is po+x+4′+0a+6″+5c+5s+5‴+2″″ and the plate pattern is symmetric. The cells of P. niei are pentagonal in ventral view, the epitheca is larger than the hypotheca, making up about 2/3 the length of the cell. Plate 3′ is hexangular. The closest species to P. niei is P. penardii (Lemmermann) Bourrelly, but cells of the former are pentagonal, very compressed dorsoventrally, and the hypotheca is truncated with one transparent, robust spine on each antapical plate.