Dinoflagellate Research
Type Specimens
Currently, the US National Herbarium has 26 dinoflagellate holotypes. The dinoflagellate type is a photographic image taken using a scanning electron microscopic (SEM). The SEM Lab has a gallery of dinoflagellate images which exemplify the diversity of the organisms.
USNM Dinoflagellate Types
- Bysmatrum subsalsum
- Coolia tropicalis
- Gambierdiscus australes
- Gambierdiscus belizeanus
- Gambierdiscus pacificus
- Gambierdiscus polynesiensis
- Gambierdiscus toxicus
- Ostreopsis belizeanus
- Ostreopsis caribbeanus
- Ostreopsis labens
- Ostreopsis marinus
- Plagiodinium belizeanum
- Prorocentrum arabianum
- Prorocentrum arenarium
- Prorocentrum belizeanum
- Prorocentrum caribbaeum
- Prorocentrum elegans
- Prorocentrum faustiae
- Prorocentrum foraminosum
- Prorocentrum formosum
- Prorocentrum hoffmannianum
- Prorocentrum maculosum
- Prorocentrum norrisianum
- Prorocentrum reticulatum
- Prorocentrum ruetzlerianum
- Prorocentrum sabulosum
- Prorocentrum sculptile
- Prorocentrum tropicalis
- Protoperidinium belizeanum
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