WoRMS taxon details
Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834
AphiaID: 110303
AphiaID: 110303
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Alveolata (Infrakingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinozoa (Subphylum) > Dinoflagellata (Infraphylum) > Peridinea (Class) > Peridinoidia (Subclass) > Prorocentrida (Order) > Prorocentraceae (Family) > Prorocentrum (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||
| Parent | Prorocentrum Ehrenberg, 1834 | |||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Prorocentrum levantinoides Bursa, 1959 (synonym) Prorocentrum pacificum Wood, 1963 (synonym) Prorocentrum schillerii Böhrn, 1933 | |||||||||||||||
| 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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (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: 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] 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] 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 | Blankenberge [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Lombardsijde [details] Nieuwpoort [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||||||||||
| Links | PlanktonNet Image Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (166 publications) To Dyntaxa To GenBank (137 nucleotides; 48 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: general for group: both heterotrophic (eat other organisms) and autotrophic (photosynthetic) [details] Distribution: neritic and estuarine, sometime oceanic; cosmopolitan in cold temperate to tropical waters. Sometimes forming blooms. Often more abundant in late summer-fall [details] Habitat: pelagic [details] Harmful effect: This species has previously been considered to be toxic, but there is presently no evidence for this [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:110303 | |||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Prorocentrum micans Ehrenberg, 1834. 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=110303 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||||||||||
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