Tripos candelabrum F. Gomez 2013

• Main Authors: Bhowal, A, Purushothaman, J, Siddique, A
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Chromista; Myzozoa; Dinophyceae; Gonyaulacales; Ceratiaceae; Tripos; Tripos candelabrum; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11622486; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038687FC0C4D8857FCFC3FFEFCC4FE57

12. Tripos candelabrum (Ehrenberg) F. Gómez, 2013 Diagnostic characters: Thecate dinoflagellate with surface pores and a cell body broader than long. Presence of a tapering, distinct apical horn arising from the epitheca. Presence of two short diverging antapical horns arising from the hypotheca, with one horn slightly longer than the other. This is a chainforming species (Fig. 2m). Distribution: Warm temperate to tropical waters; worldwide distribution. Tamil Nadu coast, India 10, Andaman Sea 11, 21, Indian Ocean 11, ROPME Sea Area, Iranian coastal waters 25, Mediterranean waters 26, Black Sea 27, Vitória-Trindade Seamount Chain, South Atlantic Ocean 35, Brazil waters 29, Gulf of Mexico 15, Mexican waters, Pacific Ocean 33, New Zealand coastal waters 30, Australian waters 31. This species was recorded from the stations APK1, APK2, APK3 (surface and subsurface depths), and APK4 (subsurface depths) for the first time in Kakinada waters, and in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Published as part of Bhowal, A, Purushothaman, J & Siddique, A, 2023, Taxonomic studies of marine dinoflagellates and distribution in the coastal waters of Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 390-401 in Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences 52 (8) on pages 398-399, DOI:10.56042/ijms.v52i08.11023, http://zenodo.org/record/11622455