Volumen 42 - Número 1: 77-83 | 2007
Nota Científica

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Nuevos registros del dinoflagelado Craspedotella Kofoid, 1905 (Dinophyceae: Noctilucales) en el Océano Pacífico

Fernando Gómez^1*

¹Station Marine de Wimereux, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille-Lille1, FRE 2816 ELICO CNRS, 28 avenue Foch, BP 80, F-62930 Wimereux, Francia

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Specimens assigned to the dinoflagellate genus Craspedotella Kofoid 1905 are reported for the first time after the initial description in the Eastern Pacific. Craspedotella sp. is composed of a dome with radial fibrils in the lower margin and a broad band at the base with unidentified structures, tentatively pores. Another specimen, identified as Craspedotella cf. pileolus, was smaller than the type species. Other specimens with a conical shape and a pointed apex have been assigned to the genus. The morphological discrepancies in the Kofoid’s description and later by Cachon & Cachon make difficult the identification of Craspedotella pileolus.

Key words: Craspedotella pileolus, Leptodiscus, Leptodiscaceae, Dinophyta, Pacific Ocean