Phytoplankton Species in Hong Kong Coastal Waters

291 Prorocentrum micans 閃光原甲藻 Phylum: Dinoflagellata 门:甲藻門 Class: Dinophyceae 纲:甲藻綱 Order: Prorocentrales 目:原甲藻目 Family: Prorocentraceae 科:原甲藻科 Morphology Cells are highly variable both in morphology and size, displaying tear-drop shaped to heart-shaped contour. Cells are asymmetrical, rounded anteriorly, pointed posteriorly and broadest in the middle. A robust, short, and winged apical spine arises from the anterior of the cell. The length generally does not exceed twice the width generally. 形態 細胞形態和粒徑多變,呈現從淚滴狀到心形外觀。細胞整體不對稱,頂端圓,底端 較尖,中間最寬。頂端具一個粗壯的具翼的短刺。長度一般不超過寬度兩倍。 Ecology and distribution Prorocentrum micans a neritic and estuarine species widely distributed in cold temperate to tropical waters. It was reported that this species can tolerate extremely high salinity in hypersaline salt lagoons at salinity of more than 90 (Steidinger & Tangen, 1997). Prorocentrum micans is a bloom forming species. According to Hong Kong Red Tide Database from AFCD (Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong), Prorocentrum micans has caused 10 blooms in Hong Kong coastal waters from 1980 to 2023. 生態與分佈 閃光原甲藻廣泛的分佈於寒溫帶到熱帶的近岸和河口。有報導稱本物種可以耐受

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