logo - Photographs by Jacob Larsen and Nina Lundholm
Home | Literature | Log in
Diatoms | Haptophytes | Dinoflagellates | Raphidophyceans | Dictyochophyceans | Pelagophyceans | Cyanobacteria | Greylist | Harmful non-toxic

WoRMS taxon details

Gambierdiscus polynesiensis M.Chinain & M.Faust, 1999

233381  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:233381)

accepted
Species
marine
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. [details]   
Type locality contained in Tubuai Island  
type locality contained in Tubuai Island [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:50501  
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:50501 [details]

Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed, asymmetrical in ventral view. Thecal surface smooth, covered with evenly...  
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed, asymmetrical in ventral view. Thecal surface smooth, covered with evenly distributed fine pores. Apical pore plate oval containing fish-hook shaped pore. Asymmetric hatchet-shaped 2’ plate, triangular Po, broad, pentagonal 1p plate.  [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Gambierdiscus polynesiensis M.Chinain & M.Faust, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=233381 on 2024-05-16
Date
action
by
2006-07-27 06:59:07Z
created
Camba Reu, Cibran
2008-11-21 08:21:07Z
checked
2015-06-26 12:00:51Z
changed

Copyright notice: the information originating from AlgaeBase may not be downloaded or replicated by any means, without the written permission of the copyright owner (generally AlgaeBase). Fair usage of data in scientific publications is permitted.


original description 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. [details]   

basis of record Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. <em>Acta Bot. Croat.</em> 64(1): 129-212. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]   

additional source Litaker, R.W., Vandersea, M.W., Faust, M.A., Kibler, S.R., Chinain, M., Holmes, M.J., Holland, W.C. & Tester, P.A. 2009. Taxonomy of <i>Gambierdiscus</i> including four new species, <i>Gambierdiscus caribaeus</i>, <i>Gambierdiscus carolianus</i>, <i>Gambierdiscus carpenteri</i> and <i>Gambierdiscus ruetzleri</i> (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae). Phycologia, 48: 344-90 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Moestrup, Ø., Akselman, R., Cronberg, G., Elbraechter, M., Fraga, S., Halim, Y., Hansen, G., Hoppenrath, M., Larsen, J., Lundholm, N., Nguyen, L. N., Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards). IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae., available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB [details]   

toxicology source 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. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:50501 [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed, asymmetrical in ventral view. Thecal surface smooth, covered with evenly distributed fine pores. Apical pore plate oval containing fish-hook shaped pore. Asymmetric hatchet-shaped 2’ plate, triangular Po, broad, pentagonal 1p plate.  [details]

Harmful effect 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). [details]
    Definitions

Loading...

Website and databases developed and hosted by VLIZ · Page generated 2024-05-17 · contact: Nina Lundholm