WoRMS taxon details
Gambierdiscus caribaeus Vandersea, Litaker, M.A.Faust, Kibler, W.C.Holland & P.A.Tester, 2009
623628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:623628)
accepted
Species
marine
Litaker, R.W., Vandersea, M.W., Faust, M.A., Kibler, S.R., Chinain, M., Holmes, M.J., Holland, W.C. & Tester, P.A. 2009. Taxonomy of <i>Gambierdiscus</i> including four new species, <i>Gambierdiscus caribaeus</i>, <i>Gambierdiscus carolianus</i>, <i>Gambierdiscus carpenteri</i> and <i>Gambierdiscus ruetzleri</i> (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae). Phycologia, 48: 344-90 [details] Available for editors 
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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:93249
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed. Thecal surface covered with evenly distributed fine pores. Apical pore plate...
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:93249 [details]
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed. Thecal surface covered with evenly distributed fine pores. Apical pore plate...
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed. Thecal surface covered with evenly distributed fine pores. Apical pore plate oval containing fish-hook shaped pore. The 1p plate is comparatively broad. Rectangular 2’ plate. The ratio of the 2’/2’’ suture length to the 2’/4’’ suture length is 0.91. [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Gambierdiscus caribaeus Vandersea, Litaker, M.A.Faust, Kibler, W.C.Holland & P.A.Tester, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=623628 on 2025-08-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Litaker, R.W., Vandersea, M.W., Faust, M.A., Kibler, S.R., Chinain, M., Holmes, M.J., Holland, W.C. & Tester, P.A. 2009. Taxonomy of <i>Gambierdiscus</i> including four new species, <i>Gambierdiscus caribaeus</i>, <i>Gambierdiscus carolianus</i>, <i>Gambierdiscus carpenteri</i> and <i>Gambierdiscus ruetzleri</i> (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae). Phycologia, 48: 344-90 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
[request]basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:93249 [details]From regional or thematic species database
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed. Thecal surface covered with evenly distributed fine pores. Apical pore plate oval containing fish-hook shaped pore. The 1p plate is comparatively broad. Rectangular 2’ plate. The ratio of the 2’/2’’ suture length to the 2’/4’’ suture length is 0.91. [details]Harmful effect Gambierdiscus caribaeus produces 44-methylgambierone, but no gambierone (Murray et al. 2019, 2021). It is positive to the Human erythrocyte lysis assay (Holland et al. 2013). Mudge et al. (2023) identified a novel C-CTX analogue, C-CTX5, from Gambierdiscus caribaeus strains from the Caribbean. Metabolism in vitro by fish liver microsomes converted algal C-CTX5 into C-CTX1/2, the dominant CTX in ciguatoxic fish from the Caribbean. [details]
