Akashiwo sanguinea (Hirasaka) Hansen & Moestrup, 2000

Nunes, Caio Ceza da Silva, Susini-Ribeiro, Sylvia Maria Moreira & Cavalcante, Kaoli Pereira, 2019, Dinoflagellates in tropical estuarine waters from the Maraú River, Camamu Bay, northeastern Brazil, Check List 15 (5), pp. 951-963 : 957

Akashiwo sanguinea (Hirasaka) Hansen & Moestrup, 2000

Figure 5A, B

Brazil, estuary of Maraú River: River Zone Station 1, 14°06′33″S, 39°02′48″W, III.2007 (HUESC 24062).

Naked ovoid cell with median cingulum and bilobed hypocone, in lateral view, cells dorsiventrally flattened with the dorsal side convex and ventral one flat, cingulum descending, displaced by 1× cingulum width, sulcus narrow, reaching antapex. TL: 69 μm, CW: 50 μm, EL: 33.3 μm, HL: 36 μm, CT: 27.7 μm (n = 1).

Distribution to Brazil: coastal regions of Bahia, Rio Grande do Norte, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul; sometimes forming blooms ( Flora do Brasil 2019).