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      Morfometría y distribución de especies del género Ornithocercus (Dinophysiales: Dinophyta) del Pacífico Mexicano Translated title: Morphometry and distribution of species of the genus Ornithocercus (Dinophysiales: Dinophyta) from the Mexican Pacific

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          Se describe, ilustra e indica la distribución de nueve especies de dinoflagelados del género Ornithocercus del Pacifico Mexicano (PM), dos de ellas nuevos registros. Se hace un estudio morfométrico de 7 especies de Ornithocercus (O. bilobatus, O. magnificus, O. heteroporus, O. galea, O. quadratus, O. steini y O. thumii), evaluándose 90 organismos colectados en el Pacifico Tropical Mexicano en los que se midieron 29 caracteres. Debido a la superposición morfológica entre O. steini-O. thumii, se enfatizó la evaluación en dichos taxa. Los datos se analizaron con técnicas estadísticas multivariadas: Análisis de Conglomerados (AC) y de Discriminantes (AD). El AC mostró la formación de dos grandes grupos, el primero con O. thumii, O. steini y O. quadratus (en subgrupos diferenciados) y el segundo con O. magnificus, O. heteroporus y O. galea. El AD mostró diferencias significativas entre las especies (hasta la cuarta función con λ Wilks < 0.162, p < 0.001), con una clasificación acertada del 97% y una varianza acumulada del 98.1%. Las variables de mayor importancia para la separación de los taxa fueron el largo total, el ancho del cíngulum y la longitud del radio R3, encontrándose en el conjunto de los datos diferencias significativas entre el área de la epiteca y el ancho a nivel del cíngulum. Se concluye que O. galea es suficientemente distinta de O. quadratus apoyándose así la teoría de que se trata de especies distintas y no de variedades. A pesar de la superposición entre O. steini y O. thumii, se encontraron caracteres merísticos para diferenciarlas.

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          It is described, illustrated and indicated the distribution of nine taxa of Ornithocercus; two of them being new records for the Mexican Pacific. The results of morphometric analyses over seven Ornithocercus species (O. bilobatus, O. magnificus, O. heteroporus, O. galea, O. quadratus, O. steini and. O. thumii) are presented. We evaluated 29 variables on 90 organisms of different species collected in the Mexican Tropical Pacific coasts. Due to the overlapping between O. steini-O. thumii, special analyses were done for this complex. Data were analyzed with multivariate statistical tools, Cluster Analysis (CA) and Discriminant Analysis (DA). CA resulted in two main and well differentiated groups, one of them with O. thumii, O. steini and O. quadratus (as differentiated subgroups), a second one with O. magnificus, O. heteroporus and O. galea. The DA showed significant differences up to fourth function (λ Wilks<0.162, p<0.0005) with 97.7% of cases correctly classified and accumulated variance of 98.1%. The most important variables for segregation were the total length, the cingulum width and the rib R3. Significant differences were found among epitecal area and cingulum width. We concluded that O. galea is different enough from O. quadratus so they are not varieties of a single species. Despite of the overlapping between O. steini and O. thumii we found meristic characters to differentiate them.

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              An annotated checklist of dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae) from the Mexican Pacific

              An annotated checklist of about 605 principally free-living dinoflagellate species and infraspecific taxa from 91 genera reported from the Mexican Pacific is presented on the basis of published literature, some theses, unpublished reports, and original data. Literature references from 1878 to 2005 (in total, 311) are included in the bibliography, and taxonomic notes in regard to some taxa are given, where appropriate. The presence of illustrations divided into three categories (line drawings, light micrographs and scanning electronic micrographs) in the cited works is indicated as well as the known distribution of the taxa in the Mexican Pacific. The nomenclature is brought up to date, and 193 species and infraspecific taxa are accompanied with original comments. Four new combinations are proposed: Histioneis pieltainii (B. F. Osorio) Okolodkov comb. nov., Latifascia subantarctica (Balech) Okolodkov comb. nov., Peridiniella globosa (P. A. Dang.) Okolodkov comb. nov. and Protoperidinium curtipes (Jörg.) Balech f. asymmetricum (Matzen.) Okolodkov comb. nov. Twenty-nine nomina nuda were revealed. The leading genera are Protoperidinium (111 species), Ceratium (63) Dinophysis (41), Gonyaulax (25), Oxytoxum (22), Gymnodinium (22), Prorocentrum (21), Alexandrium (17) Ornithocercus (12) and Amphidinium (12). To discover the true dinoflagellate species diversity in the Mexican Pacific, more studies on the athecate Gymnodiniales species, benthic and epiphytic dinoflagellates, the "Diplopsalis group", the genus Protoperidinium and recently described genera of the family Podolampadaceae, are needed.
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                Journal
                hbio
                Hidrobiológica
                Hidrobiológica
                UAM, Unidad Iztapalapa (México, DF, Mexico )
                0188-8897
                2007
                : 17
                : 3
                : 257-272
                Affiliations
                [01] Iztapalapa Distrito Federal orgnameUniversidad Autónoma Metropolitana orgdiv1Departamento. de Hidrobiología orgdiv2Laboratorio Fitoplancton Marino y Salobre México mem@ 123456xanum.uam.mx
                [02] Iztapalapa Distrito Federal orgnameUniversidad Autónoma Metropolitana orgdiv1Departamento de Biología orgdiv2Laboratorio Peces México
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                S0188-88972007000300009 S0188-8897(07)01700300009
                38d44af5-8711-4291-ad35-7e2b6183dba3

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 08 January 2007
                : 14 September 2007
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                Pacífico Mexicano,Morphometry,Ornithocercus,dinoflagelados,Morfometría,Mexican Pacific,Dinoflagellates

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