%0 Journal Article %J Turk J.Bot. %D 2004 %T New Record for a Dinoflagellate Species (Citharistes regius Stein) in the Northern Levantine Basin (Eastern Mediterranean) %A S. Polat %K biodiversité %K biodiversity %K Citharistes regius %K climate change %K dinoflagellate %K dinoflagellé %K distribution %K distribution d'espèces %K eastern Mediterranean %K espèce d'eau chaude %K Mediterranean sea %K Méditerranée orientale %K Mer Méditerranée %K phytoplancton %K phytoplankton %K réchauffement %K sea water temperature %K species distribution %K température de l'eau de mer %K Turkey %K Turquie %K warm-water species %K warming %U http://www.cu.edu.tr/Content/Asp/English/ %V 28 %X

The presence of a dinoflagellate species, Citharistes regius Stein belonging to genus Citharistes Stein, is reported for the first time from the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. This species is also a first report for all Turkish seas and the Levantine Basin. Morphological characteristics of this species are described in detail and information about its ecological distribution is given.