WoRMS taxon details
Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech, 1995
AphiaID: 109714
AphiaID: 109714
| 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 |
Alexandrium excavatum (Braarud) Balech & Tangen, 1985 (synonym) Gessnerium tamarensis (Lebour) Loeblich III & L.Loeblich, 1979 Gonyaulax excavata (Braarud) Balech, 1971 (synonym) Gonyaulax tamarensis Lebour, 1925 (basionym) Gonyaulax tamarensis var. excavata T.Braarud, 1945 (synonym) Protogonyaulax excavata (Braarud) F.J.R.Taylor, 1979 (synonym) Protogonyaulax tamarensis (Lebour) F.J.R.Taylor, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Lebour, M.V. 1992. The Dinoflagellates of Northern Seas. Mar. Biol. Ass., Plymouth. 250 pp. [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: FJ Scott and HJ Marchant (eds), 2005). Antarctic Marine Protists. Australian Biological Resources Study, 563 pp [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: 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. 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] toxicology source: Shimizu Y., Alam M., Oshima Y. & Fallon W.E. 1975. Presence of four toxins in red tide infested clams and cultured Gonyaulax tamarensis cells. Biochem. biophys. Res. Commun. 66: 731-737. [details] toxicology source: Oshima Y., Hayakawa T., Hashimoto M., Kotaki Y. & Yasumoto T. 1982. Classification of Protogonyaulax tamarensis from northern Japan into three strains by toxic composition. Bull. Jap. Soc. Sci. Fish. 48: 851-854. [details] toxicology source: Ogata T., Ishimaru T. & Kodama M. 1987. Effect of water temperature and light intensity on growth rate and toxicity change in Protogonyaulax tamarensis. Mar. Biol. 95: 217-220. [details] from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| All child taxa [hide all] | Forma Alexandrium tamarense f. excavatum (T.Braarud) G.V.Konovalova | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | type locality: Tamar estuary [details] Atlantic [details] Baltic sea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Specimen | Unknown type: CCMP115, locality Tamar estuary [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (11801 nucleotides; 66 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Toxicology: Various cryptic species may be under this name. Although it is a producer of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins in some areas, it is non toxic in the type locality. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109714 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech, 1995. 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=109714 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||
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