Karenia bicuneiformis
| Karenia bicuneiformis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | SAR |
| Phylum: | Dinoflagellata |
| Class: | Dinophyceae |
| Order: | Brachidiniales |
| Family: | Brachidiniaceae |
| Genus: | Karenia |
| Species: | K. bicuneiformis |
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Karenia bicuneiformis Botes et al., 2003 |
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Karenia bicuneiformis, also known as Karenia bidigitata is a microbial species from the genus Karenia, which are dinoflagellates. It was first discovered in New Zealand.
Common to the Karenia genus, this species shares morphological characters such as a smooth theca and a linear apical groove on its apex. At the same time, this species can be distinguished from its cogenerates on the basis of morphological characteristics within its , including the location and shape of its nucleus; the excavation of its ; the characteristics of its apical and sulcal groove extensions on the epitheca; the shape of its cells, as well as their size and symmetry; the degree of dorsoventral compression; and the presence of an apical .
Species that present said dorsoventral compression are shown to swim in a distinctive fluttering motion.
Molecular phylogenetic analyses of rDNA indicates Karenia bicuneiformis, together with K. selliformis and K. papilionacea, is closely related to K. mikimotoi and K. brevis.
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