Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist

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From Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist

Species left out from the check-list by references:

Mikaelyan A.S., Senichkina L.G., Pautova L.A., Georgieva L.V., Dyakonov V., 2008 Cell volumes of phytoplankton of the Black Sea

Cenchridium rugulosum
Cenchridium spherula
Diatimea centrica - means centric diatoms??
Eutreptia monilifera
Gonyaulax romboides
Protoperidinium conicum var. concava
Protoperidinium finlandicum
Protoperidinium palatinum
Pyramimonas semiglobosa
Thalassionema obtusa

Polikarpov I.G., Saburova M.A., Manzhos L.A., Pavlovskaya T.V., Gavrilova N.A., 2003 Microplankton biological diversity in the Black Sea coastal zone near Sevastopol (2001-2003). In: Modern condition of biological diversity in near-shore zone of Crimea (the Black sea sector)

Amphiprora insecta

Petranu, A., 1997. Black Sea Biological Diversity, Romania. Black Sea Environmental Series, Vol. 4, United Nations Publication, New York, 314 pp.

Raphidium arcuatum
Sceletonema crystallina

Komakhidze, A. & N. Mazmanidi, 1998. Black Sea Biological Diversity, Georgia. Black Sea Environmental Series, Vol. 8. United Nations Publications, New York, 167 pp.

Dictephanus scutellum
Diplosalia rotunda
Exuviella asymmetrica Wisloych.
Melosira delicatula (Kiits.) Grun.
Melosira unipunctata (Lingb). Ag.
Oocystis maerospora (Turp.) Brun.
Peridinium biconiem (Paulsen)
Trachiomonas ornata (Swir) Skv.

Konsulov, A., 1998. Black Sea Biological diversity, Bulgaria. Black Sea Environmental Series, Vol. 5. United Nations Publications, New York, 131 pp.

Campylodiscus fastuosus var. lineolatus (Pr. - Lavrenko) Temnisskova 1994
Dictyocha aculeatus Ehrenberg 1840
Fragillaria interrupta Lyngbye
Fragillaria tabullata (Ag.) H.L. Bertalot 1980
Glenodinium lenticula f. globularis Kisselew 1935

Zaitsev, Y. P. & B. G. Alexandrov, 1998. Black Sea Biological Diversity,Ukraine. Black Sea Environmental Series, Vol. 7. United Nations Publications, New York, 351 pp.

Distephanus speculum var. speculum
Oscillatoria planktonica - in Ivanov Oscillatoria planctoniella - the same??????
Peridinium globulus var. guarnerense = Protoperidinium globulus var. quarnerense??????
Peridinium latum var. concavilaterale - in Ivanov (Algaebase)Peridinium leonis var. concavilaterale
Scenedesmus bijugatus var. bijgatus
Scenedesmus obliquus var. obliquus
Scenedesmus opoliensis var.asymmetica
Tetrastrum lunaris
Tetrastrum wisconsiensis

Senicheva M.I., 2008. Species diversity, seasonal and annual variability of plankton microalgae near Crimea coast.// The Black Sea microalgae: problems of biodiversity preservation and biotechnological usage. NAS of Ukraine, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas. – Sevastopol. 2008. – Ch. I p. 5-18

Ceratium pentagonum f. longisetum Gourret
Prorocentrum assymetrica (Wislouch) Krachmalny 1993
Pontosphaera inermis Lohmann
Chaetoceros divergens Cleve
Chaetoceros divergens var. papilionis Senicheva
Tetraselmis viridis Rouchijajnen
Carteria willei Schiller
Chlorocystis reinchardii (Gardn) A.Zin
Nephrochloris salina var. pontica
Prodinophysis rotundata

Pereyaslavtseva, S. M. 1886. Protozoa of the Black Sea. Notes of Novorossiysk naturalists society, V.10, N2: 79-144. , (in. Russian)

Ceratium divegens Ehr

Gvarishvili Ts., 2010. Phytoplankton species composition along the Georgian Black Sea coast.

Oocystis maerospora (Turp.)Brum
Heterotrix elegans Ettl.
Melosira delicatula (Kutz.) Arun
Ceratium fusus var. schuttii Lemm.
Ceratium tripos f. tripodioides (Jorg.) Paulsen
Ceratium longipes f. ventricosum Ostf.

Dereziuk, N. 2008. List of Phytoplankton Species Observed in the Water Area near the Zmiinyi Island in 2004-2007. In: Zmiinyi Island. Ecosystem of Coastal Waters: monograph / V.A.Smyntyna, V.I. Medinets, I.O. Suchkov [et al.]; Odesa National I.I.Mechnikov University. - Odesa : Astroprint, 2008. - XII, p.208-218.

Platymonas viridis Rouch.
Pontosphaera echinofera Sch.
Syracosphaera grundii Sch.
Prorocentrum marinum (Cienkowski) Loeblich III

Bryantseva Yu., 2000. Variability of the Black Sea phytoplankton structural characteristics. Sevastopol, 2000.

Coccolithus ponticus
Haplozoon lineare
Pericosphaera mediteranea
Pontosphaera mediteranea
Pterosperma cristalina
Syracosphaera ovata

M.Turkoglu, T.Koray, 2002. Phytoplankton species succession and nutrients in the Southern Black Sea (Bay of Sinop), Turkish Journal of Botany 26 (2002), pp. 235–252.

Ceratium hexacanthum var. pavillardi (Rampi) Sournia
Protoperidinium conicum var. conicum (Gran) Ostenf. & J.Schiller
Protoperidinium conicum var. concavum Matz.

Nesterova D.A., Terenko L.M., Terenko G.V., 2006. Phytoplankton species list in: North-Western part of the Black Sea: biology and ecology // Kiev, Naukova dumka, 2006, pp. 557 - 576

Amphora hyalina var. ovalis Kütz., 1844
Amphora hyalina var. pediculus Kütz. f. nebulosa Pr.-Lavr., 1963
Aulacoseira granulata f. curvata Grun. in V. H., 1882
Aulacoseira granulata f. granulata (Ehr.) Sim., 1979
Bacillaria socialis (Greg.) Grun., 1891
Chaetoceros simplex var. simplex Ostf., 1901
Diploneis notabilis (Grev.) Cl. var. notabilis Cl., 1894 – 1895
Diatoma vulgare var. vulgare
Diploneis smithii var. smithii Cl. (1894 – 1895)
Fallacia forcipata var. densestriata A. S.
Fragilaria distans (Grun. in V. H.) Bukht., 1995
Mastogloia erythraea var. erythraea
Mastogloia pusilla var. pusilla
Navicula grevillei var. grevillei
Synedra fructicosa Hust., 1890
Tabularia gaillonii (Bory) Bukht., 1995
Thalassiosira bramaputrae (Ehr.) Hak., Lock, 1981 - var. septentrionalis (Grun.) Makar., 1988
Ceratium fusus var. schüttii Lemm., 1900
Ceratium pulchellum f. dalmaticum (Böhm.) Schill., 1933
Glenodinium apiculatum Lachm., 1901 - > unknown autor to this species
Goniodoma striatum Mang., 1926
Gymnodinium inversum var. inversum
Prorocentrum micans var. micans f. duplex Krachm., Ter., 2002
Protoperidinium conicum var. conicum
Protoperidinium p. breve (Pauls.) Balech, 1988
Hyaloraphidium contortum var. contortum
Korschikoffiella limnetica (Lemm.) Silva, 1959
Pediastrum duplex var. duplex
Scenedesmus acuminatus var. acuminatus
Scenedesmus armatus var. armatus
Scenedesmus intermedius var. intermedius f. intermedius
Scenedesmus octocauda Massjuk, 1962
Scenedesmus opoliensis var. opoliensis
Scenedesmus papillosum Pankow, 1986
Scenedesmus quadricauda var. delicatissimus Mass., 1962
Scenedesmus quadricauda var. quadricauda
Scenedesmus quadricauda var. tetradesmiformis (Wolosz.) Chod.
Siderocelis sphaerica Hind., 1977
Tetraedron minimum var. minimum
Tetraselmis komarekii Hind., 1977
Tetraselmis staurogeniaeforme (Schröd.) Lemm., 1900
Anabaena abnormis Pr.-Lavr., 1961
Anabaena aphanizomenoides Forti, 1912
Merismopedia glauca f. glauca
Merismopedia pulverea f. pulverea
Calyptrosphaera pelagicus (Wallich) Schill., 1930
Dictyocha speculum var. polyactis (Ehr.) Lemm., 1901
Dictyocha speculum var. septenarius (Ehr.) Joerg., 1899

Özgür Baytut, Arif Gönülol, Tufan Koray, 2005. New Records for Marine Phytoplankton of Turkish Seas From Southern Black Sea Coasts, E.U. Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences (2005), Volume 22, Issue (1-2),pp. 229–231.

Cosmarium formosulum Hoffmann 1888

Eker E., 1998. Abundance and biomass of micro and nanophytoplankton in the northwestern and southern Black Sea in 1995. Master Thesis, Middle East Technical University, IMS, Erdemli, Icel, Turkey, 212 pp.

Distephanus octonarius polyactis
Pterosperma mediterraneum

Nesterova D.A., 2002 (NW, dry estuary). Phytoplankton of the dry estuary and contiguous part of the Black sea//Environmental safety of coastal and shelf zone and comprehensive use of shelf resource: Vol.1(6)/NASU, MHI, OB IBSS. - Sevastopol, 2002, 355-364 pp.

Phodomonas pusilla (Balechm.) Javorn. = Rhodomonas pusilla (H.Bachm.) Javorn. http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=141105

Georgieva L.V., 1979

Corathron criophyllum (Hens) Hasle et Fryx; Corethron criophilum Castracane, 1886 ?
Ceratium extensum f. extensum;
Ceratium hexacanthum f. hexacanthum;
Ceratium hexacanthum f. aestuarium (Schrod.) Schill.; (add first record)
Ceratium hexacanthum f. contortum (Lemm.) Jorg.;
Rhabdosphaera nigra Schill. (KAMPTNER (1941) suggested that Ponthosphaera nigra is a synonym of Rhabdosphaera nigra)

Terenko L., 2005. New dinoflagellate (DINOFLAGELLATE) species from the Odessa bay of the Black Sea. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 34 (Suppl. 3): 205-216 pp.

Gymnodinium aureolum (Hulburt) Hansen - in algaebase this is synonym of Gyrodinium aureolum is synonym of Gymnodinium aureolum. In WoRMS Gómez (2005) is not sure whether or not G. aureolum is synonym of G. pygmaeum.
Ceratium fusus var. schütti Lemm. - not in WoRMS or AlgaeBase !!!
Ceratium pulchellum f. dalmaticum (Böhm.) Schill
Goniodoma striatum Mang
Cochlodinium helix (Pouch.) Lemm. in check-list Cochlodinium helix Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 is synonym of Cochlodinium helicoides

Стройкина В.Г., 1940. Деякi данi про склад фiтопланктону Карадагського району Черного моря // Тр. Карадагськоi бiолог. ст. Киiв. Вип.6. С.94-96.

Peridinium oceanicum f. oblongum (Auriv.) Cleve

Manzhos L.A., 2008. Abundance and distribution of phytoplankton in the Feodosia coastal waters in December 2006// Ecologija morja. - No.75. - 16-22 pp.

Mesocena polymorpha var. bioctonaria(Ehr.)Lemm. - not in WoRMS or AlgaeBase

Vershinin A. O., Orlova T. Yu., 2008. Toxic and harmful algae in coastal waters of the Russian federation. Oceanology, Vol. 48(4): 568-582.

Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries (Hasle, 1974) Hasle, 1995 (http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175738)
Anabaena circinalis Rabenhorst ex Bornet & Flahault 1886 (http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=135541)
Aphanizomenon ovalisporum Forti 1912(http://algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=65591)
Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Woloszynska) Seenayya & Subba Raju 1972 (http://algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=30112)

Terenko G., Kovalyshyna S., Grandova M. Long-term structural changes in the phytoplankton community of NWBS 3rd Bi-annual BS Scientific Conference and UP-GRADE BS-SCENE Project Joint Conference Abstracts (Odessa, Ukraine 1 - 4 November 2011).- Odessa. 2011: 192.

Microcystis pulverea f. pulverea
Aulacoseira subarctica
Discostella glomerata

Денисенко В. В. О фитопланктоне Адриатического, Ионического, Эгейского и Черного морей в августе 1958 г.//Труды СБС. - Т. XVII. - С. 13-20. (http://repository.ibss.org.ua/dspace/handle/99011/2160)

Pontosphaera inermis 1000
Rhabdosphaera nigra 100
Carteria obliqua 800
Chlamydomonas nanum 700

Aksentiev B. N., 1926 Notes of phytoplankton in the Gulf of Odessa. Magazine of research institutes of Odessa, Vol. 2(4): 62 - 79.

Merismopedia tenuissima mentioned as Merismopedicis tenuissima Lemm.
Melosira borreri var. hispidum Castr.
Melosira crenulata (Ehrenb.) var.? Kutz., 1844
Melosira crenulata (Ehrenb.) var. tenuis (Kutz.) Grun., 1844
Coscinodiscus radiatus var. minor A. Schm.
Rhizosolenia delicatula Mer.
Chaetoceros borealis var. densum
Fragilaria hyalina var. vitrea Kutz.
Synedra affinis var. parva Kutz.
Cocconeis scutellum var. minuta Grun - maybe Cocconeis scutellum var. minutissima ?
Navicula palpebralis var. minor Grun.
Navicula liber var. linearis Grun.
Navicula didyma Ehr.
Navicula smithii var. major Cl.
Okedenia scopulorum (Brébisson) C.Mereschkowsky 1901, according to algaebase it is a synonym of Climaconeis scalaris (Brébisson) E.J.Cox 1982
Donokinia recta (Don.) Grun.
Cymbella variabilis Heib.
Nitzschia sigma var. sigmatella Grun.

Genus Nitzschiella:
Nitzschiella lorenziana Grun
Nitzschiella lorenziana var. incesta Grun.
Nitzschiella longissima (Breb.) Ralfs.
Nitzschiella biplacata Mer.
Nitzschiella tenuirostris f. typica
Nitzschiella tenuirostris var. humilifera Mer.
Nitzschiella tenuirostris var. parva Mer.
Nitzschiella tenuirostris var. parva f. minutissima Mer.
Nitzschiella tenuirostris var. arcus Mer.

Polyedrium schmidlei Schroed.

Minkevich R. K., 1899. Preliminary report on the visit to Sevastopol biological station in summer 1899. Proceedings of the Imperial St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists. Vol. XXX(1).

Cercomonas longicauda Duj.
Monas guttula (?) Ehrbg
Anisonema grande Ehrbg
Entosiphon sulcatum St.

Михайлова Н. Ф. Сравнительный эколого-биогеографический анализ видов рода Chaetoceros некоторых южноевропейских морей.// Труды Севастопольской биологической станции. - 1964. - Т. XV. - С. 39-50. (http://repository.ibss.org.ua/dspace/handle/99011/2271)

Ch. subtilis f. simplex Pr.-Lavr. - maybe it is Chaetoceros subtilis var. abnormis f. simplex??

Geineman B., 1903. Remarks on Black sea phytoplankton. Fish. ind. news(12): 661-665.

Amphorella subulata Dad.
Tintinnopsis annulata Daday (aphiaID = 427408)
Tintinnopsis nutula Fol. (aphiaID = 232077)
Tintinnopsis campanula Dad. (aphiaID = 163913)
Tintinnopsis beroidea Stein (aphiaID = 163782)
Tintinnopsis davidoffii Dad.
Cyttarocylis ehrenbergii Dad.

Prokudina L. A., 1952. Catalogue of Black sea fauna and flora near Karadag biological station. Works of Karagad biol. st. Academy of Sciences Ukrainian SSR(12): 116-127.

Peridinium oceanicum f. oblongum Auriv.
Ceratium tripos f. lata Lachm.
Chlorocystis cohnii (Wright) Reinhardt
Calothrix crustacea
Calothrix parasitica
Calothrix scopulorum

Yasakova O. N., 2013. The annual dynamics of the phytoplankton in the Novorossiysk bay in 2007. Marine ecological journal, 12 (1), p. 92-102.

Euglena aff globulifera Van Goor
Euglena aff pascher Swir
Plagioselmis punctata Butcher
Plagioselmis prolonga Butcher ex Novarino