HABs taxon details
original description
Nascimento, S. M.; Mendes, M. C. Q.; Menezes, M.; Rodríguez, F.; Alves-de-Souza, C.; Branco, S.; Riobó, P.; Franco, J.; Nunes, J. M. C.; Huk, M.; Morris, S.; Fraga, S. (2017). Morphology and phylogeny of Prorocentrum caipirignum sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), a new tropical toxic benthic dinoflagellate. <em>Harmful Algae.</em> 70: 73-89., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2017.11.001 [details]
basis of record
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Description Cells of Prorocentrum caipirignum are oblong oval, 37–47 µm long and 29–38 µm deep, with pyrenoid with starch sheath in the cell centre. Smooth thecal surface. Thecal plates with row of marginal pores and scattered pores except in the center which is devoid of pores. The pores can be circular but in most cases are oval or kidney-shaped. Periflagellar area V-shaped on the right thecal plate without or with a low collar on the left thecal plate. Platelet formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. [details]
Distribution Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, Brazil (Nascimento et al. 2017)
Cuba (Herrera-Sepúlveda et al. 2015)
Japan (Nishimura et al. 2020a, Nishimura and Adachi 2022)
Hainan Island, China (Zhang et al. 2015), South China Sea (Luo et al. 2017)
Malaysia (Mohammad-Noor et al. 2007b), Perhentian Islands, Malaysia (Lim et al. 2019) [details]
Harmful effect Okadaic acid and prorocentrolide producer (Nascimento et al. 2017). [details]
Identification The species belongs to the P. lima complex and can only reliably identified by its barcodes. Similar species are P. lima, P. consutum, P. hoffmannianum, P. porosum
For morphological identification help look here: https://www.dinophyta.org/identification-keys/marine-benthic-dinoflagellates/prorocentrum-ident-spp-pages/
or check out this key: https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v4/prorocentrum/ [details]
Verified sequences LSU rDNA: KY039500
ITS: KJ960192, KY039499 [details]
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