Harmful effect

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G. polynesiensis is both maitotoxic and ciguatoxic, different strains producing slightly different amounts of the various toxins, being CTX-3C, -3B, -4A, -4B, , M-seco-CTX-3C, 2-OH-P-CTX3C (Chinain et al. 1999, 2010; Rhodes et al. 2014; Longo et al. 2019; Munday et al. 2017). It has also been shown to produce 44-methylgambierone and gambierone (Murray et al. 2019, 2021).

Chinain M., Faust M.A. & Pauillac S. 1999. Morphology and molecular analyses of three toxic species of <i>Gambierdiscus</i> (Dinophyceae): <i>G. pacificus</i>, sp. nov., <i>G. australes</i>, sp. nov., and <i>G. polynesiensis</i>, sp. nov. J. Phycol. 35: 1282-1296. 

Chinain, M., Darius, H. T., Ung, A., Cruchet, P., Wang, Z., Ponton, D., Laurent, D. & Pauillac, S. 2010. Growth and toxin production in the ciguatera-causing dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus polynesiensis (Dinophyceae) in culture. Toxicon 56:739-50. Available for editors