Taxonomic studies of marine dinoflagellates and distribution in the coastal waters of Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India

The present study reports an account of dinoflagellates collected during the Bay of Bengal winter monsoon survey in January 2018 from the coastal waters of Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Water samples were collected from four stations parallel to the coastline at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. A total of 14 species of dinoflagellates belonging to six families under three orders of class Dinophyceae have been obtained from Kakinada, 10 of which are newly reported from this area. The species obtained have been described in brief, along with their known distribution records, numerical abundance and additional ecological attributes.