%0 Journal Article %T First record of Cochlodinium convolutum and C. helicoides (Gymnodiniales: Dinophyceae) in the Gulf of California %A G¨¢rate-Liz¨¢rraga %A Ismael %A Garc¨ªa-Dom¨ªnguez %A Federico %A P¨¦rez-Cruz %A Beatriz %A D¨ªaz-Ortiz %A Jes¨²s Antonio %J Revista de biolog¨ªa marina y oceanograf¨ªa %D 2011 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-19572011000300020 %X the naked marine dinoflagellates cochlodinium convolutum and c. helicoides are reported for the first time in the gulf of california. they occurred in seawater at 21-24.5¡ãc. cochlodinium convolutum was found in both bottle and net samples; its abundance ranged from 400-2200 cells l_1. a total of 96 specimens of c. convolutum and 23 specimens of c. helicoides were examined from the net phytoplankton samples. a short description is given for each species, and photomicrographs provide information about the main morphological characteristics. %K dinoflagellates %K phytoplankton %K mexico. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-19572011000300020&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en