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Gonyaulax polygramma F. Stein, 1883 (Dinoflagellata: Gonyaulacaceae), a marine planktonic dinoflagellate common in temperate and tropical waters, responsible for red tide events.
Locality: Coastal waters north of the Yucatán Peninsula (Dzilam de Bravo), Mexico.
Authors: Dora A. Huerta-Quintanilla (CINVESTAV-IPN, Mérida Unit, Yucatán, Mexico) and Yuri B. Okolodkov (Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, Universidad Veracruzana, Boca del Río, Veracruz, Mexico).
Contact: yokolodkov@uv.mx | https://www.uv.mx/personal/yokolodkov
Additional information: The species was collected on 26 September 2012. The micrograph was obtained using a JEOL JSM-7600F scanning electron microscope (5 kV, working distance 15 mm, ×2,000). The material was dehydrated through an ethanol series (30, 50, 70, 90, and 100%) and coated with approximately 20 nm of gold–palladium using a Polaron SC7640 High Resolution Sputter Coater (Quorum Technologies Ltd.). Analyses were conducted at the National Laboratory for the Study of Nano- and Biomaterials, Department of Applied Physics, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mérida Unit. This study was funded by projects FOMIX-Yucatán No. 108160 and CONACYT LAB-2009-01 No. 123913, Mexico (principal investigator: Patricia Quintana-Owen).
