Takayama helix is a species of dinoflagellates with sigmoid apical grooves first found in Tasmanian and South African waters.[1] It contains fucoxanthin and its derivatives as its main accessory pigments.
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Takayama helix has an apical groove being practically straight while still clearly bent. It possesses one ventral pore. It has various peripheral, strap-shaped, spiraling chloroplasts with unique pyrenoids and an ellipsoidal nucleus.[1]
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References edit
- ^ a b De salas, Miguel F.; Bolch, Christopher J. S.; Botes, Lizeth; Nash, Geraldine; Wright, Simon W.; Hallegraeff, Gustaaf M. (2003). "Takayama Gen. Nov. (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae), A New Genus of Unarmored Dinoflagellates with Sigmoid Apical Grooves, Including the Description of Two New Species1". Journal of Phycology. 39 (6): 1233–1246. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.2003.03-019.x. ISSN 0022-3646. S2CID 85272820.
Further reading edit
- De Salas, Miguel F., et al. "Gymnodinoid genera Karenia and Takayama (Dinophyceae) in New Zealand coastal waters." (2005): 135–139.
- Mooney, Ben D., et al. "Survey for karlotoxin production in 15 species of gymnodinioid dinoflagellates (Kareniaceae, Dinophyta) 1." Journal of Phycology45.1 (2009): 164–175.
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