Checklist of marine dinoflagellates on the coast of Türkiye

Abstract

Using the evaluations of 77 literature studies conducted along the Turkish coasts of the Black Sea, Marmara Sea, Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, a checklist has been compiled. It has been observed that the dinoflagellate flora is represented by a total of 330 species belonging to 75 different genera. This literature study has determined that the number of dinoflagellate species reaches up to 181 in the Black Sea, 158 in the Marmara Sea, 206 in the Aegean Sea, and 192 in the Mediterranean Sea. This study has revealed that particularly in the case of new species records, the characteristic structural features, distributions, and photographs of the species are not provided. It has also been observed that many geographical points have not been investigated yet, and some species reported as new records have previously been reported in earlier studies. In future studies, updating the checklist becomes crucial in terms of forming a dataset.