- Karenia (dinoflagellate)
Taxobox
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image_caption = "Karenia brevis"
domain = Eukaryota
regnum = Protista
phylum =Dinophyta
classis =Dinophyceae
genus = "Karenia""Karenia" is a genus of 12cite web | url = http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=45696 | title = Karenia | work = Algaebase ] species of
dinoflagellate s which were formerly included in the genus "Gymnodinium ". [cite journal | author = Daugbjerg, N., Hansen, G., Larsen, J. & Moestrup, Ø | year = 2000 | title = Phylogeny of some of the major genera of dinoflagellates based on ultrastructure and partial LSU rDNA sequence data, including the erection of three new genera of unarmoured dinoflagellates | journal = Phycologia | volume = 39 | pages = 302–317 ]A number of species cause
red tide s, including "Karenia brevis " off the coast ofFlorida and "Karenia mikimotoi " which was first described in Japan, but is now found in theAtlantic ocean as well, probably spread byballast water . [cite web | url = http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=44334 | title = Karenia mikimotoi | work = Algaebase]Species
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Karenia asterichroma "
*"Karenia bicuneiformis "
*"Karenia bidigitata "
*"Karenia brevis "
*"Karenia brevisulcata "
*"Karenia concordia "
*"Karenia cristata "
*"Karenia digitata "
*"Karenia longicanalis "
*"Karenia mikimotoi "
*"Karenia papilionacea "
*"Karenia selliformis "
*"Karenia umbella "References
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