WoRMS taxon details
Pfiesteria shumwayae H.B.Glasgow & J.M.Burkholder, 2001
AphiaID: 246599
AphiaID: 246599
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Alveolata (Infrakingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinozoa (Subphylum) > Dinoflagellata (Infraphylum) > Peridinea (Class) > Peridinoidia (Subclass) > Peridiniida (Order) > Pfiesteriaceae (Family) > Pfiesteria (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Pseudopfiesteria shumwayae (Glasgow & Burkholder) Litaker, Steidinger, Mason, Shields & Tester, 2005 | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Pfiesteria K.A.Steidinger & J.M.Burkholder, 1996 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Glasgow, H.B., Burkholder J.M., Morton S.L. & Springer J. 2001. A second species of ichthyotoxic Pfiesteria (Dinamoebales, Dinophyceae). Phycologia 40: 234-245. [details] basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] additional source: Vogelbein W.K., Lovko V.J., Shields J.D., Reece K.S., Mason P.L., Haas L.W. & Walker C.C. 2002. Pfiesteria shumwayae kills fish by micropredation not exotoxin secretion. Nature 418: 967-970. [details] additional source: Jakobsen K.S., Tengs T., Vatne A., Bowers H.A., Oldach D.W., Burkholder J.M., Glasgow JrH.B., Rublee P.A. & Klaveness D. 2001. Discovery of the toxic dinoflagellate Pfiesteria in northern European waters. Proc. R. Soc. London B, 269: 211-214. [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: Burkholder, J.M. & Marshall, H.G. 2012. Toxigenic Pfiesteria species - updates on biology, ecology, toxins, and impacts. Harmful Algae 14, 196-230 [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | New River Estuary [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Harmful effect: Fish may be killed by Pfiesteria, and the killing mechanism has been claimed to be a toxin or attachment of the algae to the fish or a combination of both [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246599 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Moestrup, Ø. (2013). Pfiesteria shumwayae H.B.Glasgow & J.M.Burkholder, 2001. 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=246599 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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