WoRMS taxon details
Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing, 1866
AphiaID: 110041
AphiaID: 110041
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Alveolata (Infrakingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinozoa (Subphylum) > Dinoflagellata (Infraphylum) > Peridinea (Class) > Gonyaulacoidia (Subclass) > Gonyaulacida (Order) > Gonyaulacaceae (Family) > Gonyaulax (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Gonyaulax Diesing, 1866 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gonyaulax levanderi (Lemmermann) Paulsen, 1907 (synonym) Peridinium spiniferum Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 Spiniferites mirabilis (M.R.Rossignol) Sarjeant. † (synonym) Spiniferites ramosus (Ehrenberg) Mantell (synonym) Tectatodinium pellitum Wall, 1967 † (synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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: 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: 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: 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: Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] toxicology source: Rhodes, L., McNabb, P., Salas, M., Briggs, L., Beuzenberg, V. & Gladstone, M. 2006. Yessotoxin production by Gonyaulax spinifera. Harmful Algae 5:148-55. [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Nieuwpoort [details] North West Atlantic [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | PlanktonNet Image Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: general for group: both heterotrophic (eat other organisms) and autotrophic (photosynthetic) [details] Habitat: pelagic [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:110041 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing, 1866. 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=110041 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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