Strain number NIES-420  
Phylum Dinophyta  
Class Dinophyceae  
Scientific name Heterocapsa niei (Loeblich III) Morrill & Loeblich III  
Synonym Cachonina niei Loeblich III  
Former name  
Common name Dinoflagellate  
Locality (Date of collection) Iriomote Isl., Okinawa, Japan (1986-01-23)  
Latitude / Longitude 24.336004 / 123.814699 
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Seawater)  
History < Sawaguchi, Tomohiro  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Sawaguchi, Tomohiro (1986-02-16)  
Identified by Sawaguchi, Tomohiro  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Feb]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  ESM  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  13-16 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  30 D  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : IID-1  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic 
Movie  
Reference
Iwataki, M., Hansen, G., Sawaguchi, T., Hiroishi, S., Fukuyo, Y. 2004 Investigations of body scales in twelve Heterocapsa species (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae), including a new species H. pseudotriquetra sp. nov. Phycologia, 43, 394-403.
Strain(s): 420472473 
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-43-4-394.1

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