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Karenia mikimotoi (Miyake & Kominami ex Oda) G.Hansen & Ø.Moestrup, 2000 
AphiaID: 233024

Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Alveolata (Infrakingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinozoa (Subphylum) > Dinoflagellata (Infraphylum) > Peridinea (Class) > Gonyaulacoidia (Subclass) > Gymnodiniida (Order) > Kareniaceae (Family) > Karenia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Karenia G.Hansen & Moestrup, 2000
Synonymised
taxa
  Gymnodinium mikimotoi Miyake & Kominami ex Oda, 1935 (synonym)
Gymnodinium nagasakiense Takayama & Adachi, 1985 (synonym)
Gyrodinium nagasakiense Takayama & Adachi, 1984 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Oda M. 1935. The red tide of Gymnodinium mikimotoi n.sp. (MS.) and the effect of altering copper sulphate to prevent the growth of it. Dobutsugaku Zasshi, Zoological Society of Japan 47 (555): 35-48. [details]

additional source: Tangen K. 1977. Blooms of Gyrodinium aureolum (Dinophyceae) in North European waters, accompanied by mortality in marine organisms. Sarsia 63: 123-133. [details]

additional source: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [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: 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]

source of synonymy: Takayama H. & Adachi R. 1984. Gymnodinium nagasakiense sp. nov., a red-tide forming dinophyte in the adjacent waters of Japan. Bull. Plankton Soc. Jap. 31: 7-14. [details]

new combination reference: Daugbjerg N., Hansen G., Larsen J. & Moestrup Ø. 2000. Phylogeny of some of the major genera of dinoflagellates based on ultrastructure and partial LSU rDNA sequence data, including the erection of three new genera of unarmoured dinoflagellates. Phycologia 39: 302-317. [details]

from synonym: Gómez, F., 2005. A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world’s oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64 (1), 129-212. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

toxicology source: Gentien P. & Arzul G. 1990. Exotoxin production by Gyrodinium cf. aureolum (Dinophyceae). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 70: 571-581. [details]

toxicology source: Satake, M., Shoji, M., Oshima, Y., Naoki, H., Fujita, T. & Yasumoto, T. 2002. Gymnocin-A, a cytotoxic polyether from the noxious red tide dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium mikimotoi. Tetrahedr. Lett. 43: 5829-5832 [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

taxonomy source: Hansen, G., Daugbjerg, N. & Henriksen, P. (2000). Comparative study of Gymnodinium mikimotoi and Gymnodinium aureolum, comb. nov. (=Gyrodinium aureolum) based on morphology, pigment composition, and molecular data. J. of Phycol. 36: 394-410. [details]

Environment marine
Distribution type locality: Gokasho Bay [details]
Baltic sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
German Bight [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Dyntaxa
To GenBank (161 nucleotides; 92 proteins)
To PESI
Notes  Harmful effect: Fish and invertebrate mortality. A cytotoxic polyether, named Gymnocin-A, has been isolated from a Japanese culture [details]

status: Until very recently this species has been confused with the non-toxic species Gymnodinium aureolum (syn.: Gyrodinium aureolum). [details]
Image 
Karenia mikimotoi
Karenia mikimotoi
added on 2009-04-17 - author: Hansen, Gert
qualitystatus: checked by Hansen, Gert on 2010-10-13 11:52:18
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:233024
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-07-26 06:43:45Z  created  Camba Reu, Cibran
2008-11-21 06:40:06Z  changed  Moestrup, Øjvind
2010-10-13 07:26:23Z  changed  Hansen, Gert
  
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  Citation: Moestrup, Ø. (2013). Karenia mikimotoi (Miyake & Kominami ex Oda) G.Hansen & Ø.Moestrup, 2000. 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=233024 on 2013-05-23
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