Description of Rhinodinium broomeense
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Sand-dwelling dinoflagellate, type and at the time of writing sole species in the genus. Oval cell, with an anterior dorsal hook from which the genus gets its name, 48-70 microns long, 26-30 microns wide. Cingulum narrow, sulcus deep. Species described from NW Australian marine intertidal sediments by Murray, Hoppenrath, Preisfeld, Larsen, Yoshimatsu, Toriumi, and Patterson 2006. Journal of Phycology, 42: 934-942.
