Heterocapsa circularisquama
| Heterocapsa circularisquama | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Myzozoa |
| Superclass: | Dinoflagellata |
| Class: | Dinophyceae |
| Order: | Peridiniales |
| Family: | Heterocapsaceae |
| Genus: | Heterocapsa |
| Species: | H. circularisquama
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterocapsa circularisquama Horiguchi, 1995
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Heterocapsa circularisquama is a species of
red tides off western Japan, causing high bivalve mortality, particularly pearl oysters. It is very similar to Heterocapsa illdefina
, however H. circularisquama carries six radiating ridges on its circular basal plate, and its scales have longer spines, among other subtle differences in morphology.
Description
Its cell is small and consists of a conical epitheca. The chloroplast is single and is connected to the unique pyrenoid. Its nucleus is elongated, located in the left side of the cell.[1]
References
Further reading
- Mizumoto H, Tomaru Y, Takao Y, Shirai Y, Nagasaki K (2008). "Diverse responses of the bivalve-killing dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama to infection by a single-stranded RNA virus". Appl Environ Microbiol. 74 (10): 3105–11. PMID 18359824.
- Basti, Leila; Go, Jiyoji; Higuchi, Keita; Nagai, Kiyohito; Segawa, Susumu (2011). "Effects of the Toxic DinoflagellateHeterocapsa circularisquamaon Larvae of the Pearl OysterPinctada Fucata Martensii(Dunker, 1873)". Journal of Shellfish Research. 30 (1): 177–186. ISSN 0730-8000.
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