WoRMS taxon details
Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985
AphiaID: 109712
AphiaID: 109712
| 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 ostenfeldii (Paulsen) L.Loeblich & Loeblich III, 1979 (Synonym) Glenodinium ostenfeldii Paulsen, 1903 (synonym) Goniaulux ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Paulsen, 1949 (synonym) Goniaulux tamarensis var. globosa Braarud, 1945 (synonym) Goniodoma ostenfeldii Paulsen, 1904 (basionym) Gonyaulax globosa (Braarud) Balech, 1971 (Synonym) Gonyaulax ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Paulsen, 1949 Gonyaulax tamarensis var. globosa Braarud, 1945 (synonym) Gonyaulax trygvei Parke, 1976 (synonym) Heteraulacus ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Loeblich III, 1970 (Synonym) Protogonyaulax globosa (Braarud) Taylor, 1979 (synonym) Pyrodinium phoneus Woloszynskia & Conrad, 1939 (synonym) Triadinium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Dodge, 1981 (Synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Paulsen O. 1904. Plankton investigations in the waters round Iceland in 1903. Medd. Komm. Havunders. København, Ser. Plankton 1: 1-40.
[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: MacKenzie L., White D., Oshima Y. & Kapa J. 1996. The resting cyst and toxicity of Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Dinophyceae) in New Zealand. Phycologia 35: 148-155. [details] additional source: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [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: Horner, R.A. 2002. A taxonomic guide to some common marine phytoplankton. Biopress Ltd. Bristol. 195 p. [details] additional source: Martin, J.L., M.M. LeGresley and P.M. Strain. 2001. Phytoplankton monitoring in the Western Isles region of the Bay of Fundy during 1997-98. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2349. iv + 85 p. [details] additional source: Steidinger, K.A. and K. Tangen. 1977. Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press. San Diego. p. 387-584. [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: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] new combination reference: Balech E.& Tangen K. 1985. Morphology and taxonomy of toxic species in the tamarensis group (Dinophyceae) Alexandrium excavatum (Braarud) comb. nov. and Alexandrium ostenfeldii(Paulsen) comb. nov. Sarsia 70: 333-343. [details] toxicology source: Hansen P.J., Cembella A.D. & Moestrup Ø. 1992. The marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii: paralytic shellfish toxin concentration, composition, and toxicity to a tintinnid ciliate. J. Phycol. 28: 597-603. [details] toxicology source: Cembella A.D., Lewis N.I. & Quilliam M.A. 2000. The marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Dinophyceae) as the causative organism of spirolide shellfish toxins. Phycologia 39: 67-74. [details] from synonym: Woloszynska, J.; Conrad, W. (1939). Pyrodinium phoneus, n. sp., agent de la toxicité des moules du canal maritime de Bruges à Zeebrugge [Pyrodinium phoneus, n. sp., toxic agent in mussels from the sea channel Brugge-Zeebrugge]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 15(46): 1-5 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | type locality: Iceland [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] Schelde estuary (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Zeebrugge (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Dyntaxa To GenBank (14502 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: general for group: both heterotrophic (eat other organisms) and autotrophic (photosynthetic) [details] Habitat: pelagic [details] Harmful effect: Producer of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins and spirolide (macrocyclic imine, a neurotoxin) [details] Importance: General: known for producing dangerous toxins, particularly when in large numbers, called "red tides" because the cells are so abundant they make water change color. Also they can produce non-fatal or fatal amounts of toxins in predators (particularly shellfish) that may be eaten by humans. [details] Predators: marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details] Reproduction: general for group: both sexual and asexual [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109712 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985. 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=109712 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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