Peridiniopsis kevei Sp. Nov., a new freshwater dinoflagellate species (Peridiniaceae, dinophyta) from Hungary

Abstract

This paper reports results from light and scanning electron microscopic study of a freshwa-ter dinoflagellate considered as a new species for the science, Peridiniopsis kcvci sp. nov. It was found during the last ten years in different lakes, rivers, canals in Hungary and some European countries. It frequently appeared as a water-bloom forming species. The theca morphology and plate structure analysis of this dinoflagellate established its identity as a new species. P. kevei Grigorszky et Vasas is discussed in the paper in comparison with re-lated taxa, moreover data about its occurrence and ecology. © 2001 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.