Intercalary plate dynamics in Peridiniopsidaceae (Peridiniales) observed in the tiny dinophyte Parvodinium cf. inconspicuum

The epitheca of Parvodinium is predominantly comprised of four apical, two intercalary and seven precingular plates, but deviations from this general pattern are also known for particular species. Parvodinium inconspicuum, originally described from the Pacific, is a frequently encountered species al...

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Published in:Systematics and biodiversity 2024-12, Vol.22 (1)
Main Authors: Zhu, Binbin, Stark, Marina, Kretschmann, Juliane, Gottschling, Marc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
biodiversity
Bright plating
Czech Republic
dinoflagellate
Divergence
electron microscopy
Europe
fluorescence microscopy
freshwater
Heterogeneity
Light microscopy
Microscopy
molecular phylogenetics
Morphology
nucleotide sequences
Optical microscopy
Peridiniales
phylogeny
Plankton
rRNA
Scanning electron microscopy
species
Tabulation
taxonomy
thecal plate pattern
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Summary:The epitheca of Parvodinium is predominantly comprised of four apical, two intercalary and seven precingular plates, but deviations from this general pattern are also known for particular species. Parvodinium inconspicuum, originally described from the Pacific, is a frequently encountered species also in Europe, although morphological traits that characterise it remain elusive at present. We collected plankton material in the Czech Republic, established monoclonal strains of these dinophytes and studied the morphology using bright field and fluorescence light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. We further obtained rRNA gene sequence data to embed them in molecular phylogenetics. The strains under investigation are clearly elements of the Peridiniopsidaceae and showed little or no divergence among each other and to strains Buçaco and UTEX2255. Many cells of the new strains showed the regular epithecal tabulation of Parvodinium, but a considerable number of cells had a single intercalary plate in a symmetrical arrangement. We discuss the taxonomic identity of P. inconspicuum, to which the new accessions are assigned tentatively. The epithecal plate configuration of Parvodinium appears evolutionarily very dynamic, increasingly revealing the morphological heterogeneity of this taxon as research proceeds.
ISSN:1477-2000
1478-0933
1478-0933
DOI:10.1080/14772000.2024.2379859