abstract: Research on the Black Sea Dinoflagellata can be divided into four main periods which vary in the level of involvement of different Black Sea states or in priorities of investigations: 1886-1949, 1950-1969, 1970 -late 1990's, and late 1990'spresent days.Beginning of the first period was marked by the work of Pereyaslavtseva (1886) with the initial list of marine planktonic algae published, including 19 Dinoflagellata species identified in samples collected near Sevastopol (Ukraine).The work of Mi
journal: Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences