Check List 9(4): 862-866, doi: 10.15560/9.4.862
First record of expansive Ceratium Schrank, 1793 species (Dinophyceae) in Southern Brazil, with notes on their dispersive patterns in Brazilian environments
expand article infoKaoli Pereira Cavalcante‡, Juliana Conte Zanotelli§, Carla Cristine Müller§, Karen Dornelles Scherer§, Juliana Karl Frizzo§, Thelma Alvim Veiga Ludwig|, Luciana de Souza Cardoso‡
‡ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil§ Companhia Riograndense de Saneamento, Brazil| Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil

Corresponding author: Kaoli Cavalcante ( kaolicavalcante@gmail.com )

© 2017 Kaoli Cavalcante, Juliana Zanotelli, Carla Müller, Karen Scherer, Juliana Frizzo, Thelma Ludwig, Luciana Cardoso.
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Citation: Zanotelli J, Cavalcante K, Ludwig T, Müller C, Frizzo J, Scherer K, Cardoso L (2013) First record of expansive Ceratium Schrank, 1793 species (Dinophyceae) in Southern Brazil, with notes on their dispersive patterns in Brazilian environments. Check List 9(4): 862-866. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.4.862
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Abstract
Ceratium Schrank is a planktonic dinoflagellate ubiquitous in temperate and subtropical freshwater environments from Northern Hemisphere. Over the past two decades, Ceratium species have been recorded in South American water bodies, with expansive behavior and fast colonization. This study registered C. furcoides (Levander) Langhans and C. hirundinella (O. F. Müller) Dujardin for the first time in South Brazil. Ceratium furcoides was found in samples from States of Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul and C. hirundinella occurred only in the southernmost Brazil. No co-occurrence of these species was detected on samples. The morphological variation, as well as the dispersal patterns of these species in Brazilian environments, is discussed based on LM and SEM analyses.
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