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Coolia tropicalis M.A.Faust, 1995

233702  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:233702)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Faust, M. A. 1995. Observation of sand-dwelling toxic dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae) from widely differing sites, including two new species. Journal of Phycology 31:996-1003. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
Harmful effect Methanolic extracts of a strain of C. tropicalis from Platypus Bay, Australia previously identified as C. monotis were...  
Harmful effect Methanolic extracts of a strain of C. tropicalis from Platypus Bay, Australia previously identified as C. monotis were toxic to mice after intraperitoneal injection and the toxin was called Cooliatoxin. It was suggested that Cooliatoxin could be an analog of Yessotoxin but it was not proved. In fact, according to Mohammad-Noor et al. (2013), the cooliatoxin-producing species is C. tropicalis and not C. monotis.  [details]

Identification Comparatively fewer pores than in C. monotis.   
Identification Comparatively fewer pores than in C. monotis.  [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Coolia tropicalis M.A.Faust, 1995. Accessed through: Lundholm, N.; Churro, C.; Escalera, L.; Fraga, S.; Hoppenrath, M.; Iwataki, M.; Larsen, J.; Mertens, K.; Moestrup, Ø.; Murray, S.; Tillmann, U.; Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards) IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hab/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=233702 on 2024-03-29
Lundholm, N.; Churro, C.; Escalera, L.; Fraga, S.; Hoppenrath, M.; Iwataki, M.; Larsen, J.; Mertens, K.; Moestrup, Ø.; Murray, S.; Tillmann, U.; Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards). IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae. Coolia tropicalis M.A.Faust, 1995. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hab/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=233702 on 2024-03-29
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original description Faust, M. A. 1995. Observation of sand-dwelling toxic dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae) from widely differing sites, including two new species. Journal of Phycology 31:996-1003. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

basis of record Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. <em>Acta Bot. Croat.</em> 64(1): 129-212. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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 Holmes, M. J., Lewis, R. J., Jones, A., Hokama, A. M. & Hoy, W. 1995. Cooliatoxin, the first toxin from <i>Coolia monotis</i> (Dinophyceae). Natural Toxins 3:355-62. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

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 Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2023). 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]   

redescription Mohammad-Noor, N., Moestrup, Ø., Lundholm, N., Fraga, S., Adam, A., Holmes, M. J. & Saleh, E. 2013. Autecology and phylogeny of Coolia tropicalis and Coolia malayensis (Dinophyceae), with emphasis on taxonomy of Coolia tropicalis based on light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and LSU rDNA. Journal of Phycology, 49, 536-545., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12062 [details]   
From regional or thematic species database
Description Spherical cells with 1’ plate large and widened toward the ventral side, with lateral sides almost parallel, and plate 7’’ large and five-sided. The apical pore is variable in length (7–12 μm long), narrow and has a narrow slit with smooth edges. Plates are smooth with round pores of a relatively large size (0.43 μm in diameter). Size: 23–40 μm long, 25–39 μm wide. [details]

Harmful effect Methanolic extracts of a strain of C. tropicalis from Platypus Bay, Australia previously identified as C. monotis were toxic to mice after intraperitoneal injection and the toxin was called Cooliatoxin. It was suggested that Cooliatoxin could be an analog of Yessotoxin but it was not proved. In fact, according to Mohammad-Noor et al. (2013), the cooliatoxin-producing species is C. tropicalis and not C. monotis.  [details]

Identification Comparatively fewer pores than in C. monotis.  [details]

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