International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 679

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The dinoflagellate genera Ornithocercus Stein, Podolampas Stein and Pyrocystis Murray from the Grand-Lahou lagoon complex, Côte d’ivoire

Komoe Koffi
Egnankou Wadja Mathieu
  • Egnankou Wadja Mathieu
  • Botanic Laboratory, University of Félix Houphouët Boigny, 22 BOX 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d?Ivoire.
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Berte Siaka
  • Berte Siaka
  • Laboratory of Hydrobiology, University of Félix Houphouët Boigny, 22 BOX 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d?Ivoire.
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  •  Received: 22 April 2015
  •  Accepted: 11 August 2015
  •  Published: 30 September 2015

Abstract

The present paper reports 8 species of the dinoflagellate genera Ornithocercus Stein, Podolampas Stein and Pyrocystis Murray from the Grand-Lahou lagoon complex. For Ornithocercus and Podolampas genera, dichotomous key for identification of species is presented. Diagnostic descriptions, illustrations and geographic distribution are provided for all taxa. Most species were neritic or neritic-oceanic and tropical or sub-tropical in nature which is indicative of the area of study. New distribution records (Podolampas elegans Schütt and Pyrocystis robusta Kofoid) for the Côte d’Ivoire part of the Gulf of Guinea originated mainly from an oceanographic station (Station 2: Grau of Lahou) situated further from the coastline.
 
Key words: Côte d’Ivoire, dinoflagellates, Grand-Lahou lagoon complex.

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