WoRMS taxon details
Alexandrium balechii (Steidinger) F.J.R.Taylor, 1979
AphiaID: 109708
AphiaID: 109708
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Alveolata (Infrakingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinozoa (Subphylum) > Dinoflagellata (Infraphylum) > Peridinea (Class) > Gonyaulacoidia (Subclass) > Gonyaulacida (Order) > Gonyaulacaceae (Family) > Alexandrium (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Alexandrium Halim, 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gessnerium balechii (Steidinger) Loeblich III & Loeblich, 1979 Gonyaulax balechii K.A.Steidinger, 1971 (basionym) Pyrodinium balechii (Steidinger) Taylor (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Steidinger K.A. 1971. Gonyaulax balechii sp. nov. (Dinophyceae) with a discussion of the genera Gonyaulax and Heteroaulacus. Phycologia 10: 183-187. [details] basis of record: Gómez, F., 2005. A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world’s oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64 (1), 129-212. [details] [full text] additional source: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] additional source: Tomas, C.R. (Ed.) (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Steidinger, K. A., M. A. Faust, and D. U. Hernández-Becerril. 2009. Dinoflagellates (Dinoflagellata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 131–154 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College [details] additional source: Balech, E. 1995. The Genus Alexandrium Halim (Dinoflagellata). Sherkin Island Marine Station, Sherkin Island, Co. Cork, Ireland, 151. [details] 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] additional source: Montresor, M., Marino, D., Zingone, A. & Dafnis, G. 1990. Three Alexandrium species form coastal Tyrrhenian waters (Mediterranean Sea). In: Granéli, E., Sundström, B., Edler, L. & Anderson, D. M. [Eds.] Toxic Marine Phytoplankton. Elsevier, Amstermdam, pp. 82-87. [details] new combination reference: Balech E. 1985. The genus Alexandrium or Gonyaulax of the tamarensis group. In: Toxic Dinoflagellates (Ed. by D.M. Anderson, A.W. White & D.G. Baden), pp. 33-38. Elsevier, New York. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | type locality: Tampa Bay [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Tyrrhenian Sea [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Harmful effect: Blooms of this species were coincident with mass mortalities of fish reported on the type locality in 1969-1970, probably due to oxigen depletion, but not harmful effects were reported associated with blooms of A. balechii in the Tyrrhenian Sea [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109708 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Moestrup, Ø. (2013). Alexandrium balechii (Steidinger) F.J.R.Taylor, 1979. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109708 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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