WRiMS taxon details
Pfiesteria piscicida Steidinger & J.M.Burkholder, 1996
246598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246598)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Steidinger K.A., Burkholder J.M., Glasgow H.B. Jr., Hobbs C.W., Carrett J.K., Truby E.W., Noga E.J. & Smith S.A. 1996. <i>Pfiesteria piscicida</i> gen. et sp. nov. (Pfiesteriaceae fam. nov.), a new toxic dinoflagellate with a complex life cycle and behavior. J. Phycol. 32: 157-164. [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). Pfiesteria piscicida Steidinger & J.M.Burkholder, 1996. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246598 on 2025-05-10
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Pfiesteria piscicida Steidinger & J.M.Burkholder, 1996. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246598 on 2025-05-10
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Steidinger K.A., Burkholder J.M., Glasgow H.B. Jr., Hobbs C.W., Carrett J.K., Truby E.W., Noga E.J. & Smith S.A. 1996. <i>Pfiesteria piscicida</i> gen. et sp. nov. (Pfiesteriaceae fam. nov.), a new toxic dinoflagellate with a complex life cycle and behavior. J. Phycol. 32: 157-164. [details]
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]
additional source Burkholder J.M., Glasgow H.B. & Hobbs C.W. 1995. Distribution and environmental conditions for fish kills linked to a toxic ambush-predator dinoflagellate: distribution and environmental conditions. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 124: 43-61. [details]
additional source Burkholder J.M. & Glasgow H.B. 1997. <i>Pfiesteria piscicida</i> and other <i>Pfiesteria</i>-like dinoflagellates: behavior, impacts, and environmental controls. Limnol. Oceanogr. 42: 1052-1075. [details]
additional source Burkholder J.M., Glasgow H.B. & Deamer-Helia N. 2001. Overview and present status of the toxic <i>Pfiesteria</i> complex (Dinophyceae). Phycologia 40: 186-214. [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 Burkholder, J.M. & Marshall, H.G. 2012. Toxigenic <i>Pfiesteria</i> species - updates on biology, ecology, toxins, and impacts. <i>Harmful Algae</i> 14, 196-230, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2011.10.022 [details]
additional source Chang, F.H.; Charleston, W.A.G.; McKenna, P.B.; Clowes, C.D.; Wilson, G.J.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Myzozoa: dinoflagellates, perkinsids, ellobiopsids, sporozoans, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 175-216. [details]
ecology source Leles, S. G.; Mitra, A.; Flynn, K. J.; Stoecker, D. K.; Hansen, P. J.; Calbet, A.; McManus, G. B.; Sanders, R. W.; Caron, D. A.; Not, F.; Hallegraeff, G. M.; Pitta, P.; Raven, J. A.; Johnson, M. D.; Glibert, P. M.; Våge, S. (2017). Oceanic protists with different forms of acquired phototrophy display contrasting biogeographies and abundance. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 284(1860): 20170664., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0664 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details]
ecology source Lewitus, A.J.; Glasgow Jr, H.B.; Burkholder, J.M. (1999). Kleptoplastidy in the toxic dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida (Dinophyceae). <em>Journal of Phycology.</em> 35(2): 303-312. [details]
ecology source Burkholder, J. M.; Glibert, P. M.; Skelton, H. M. (2008). Mixotrophy, a major mode of nutrition for harmful algal species in eutrophic waters. <em>Harmful Algae.</em> 8(1): 77-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2008.08.010 [details]
ecology source Jeong, H. J.; Kang, H. C.; Lim, A. S.; Jang, S. H.; Lee, K.; Lee, S. Y.; Ok, J. H.; You, J. H.; Kim, J. H.; Lee, K. H.; Park, S. A.; Eom, S. H.; Yoo, Y. D.; Kim, K. Y. (2021). Feeding diverse prey as an excellent strategy of mixotrophic dinoflagellates for global dominance. <em>Science Advances.</em> 7(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe4214 [details]
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]
additional source Burkholder J.M., Glasgow H.B. & Hobbs C.W. 1995. Distribution and environmental conditions for fish kills linked to a toxic ambush-predator dinoflagellate: distribution and environmental conditions. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 124: 43-61. [details]
additional source Burkholder J.M. & Glasgow H.B. 1997. <i>Pfiesteria piscicida</i> and other <i>Pfiesteria</i>-like dinoflagellates: behavior, impacts, and environmental controls. Limnol. Oceanogr. 42: 1052-1075. [details]
additional source Burkholder J.M., Glasgow H.B. & Deamer-Helia N. 2001. Overview and present status of the toxic <i>Pfiesteria</i> complex (Dinophyceae). Phycologia 40: 186-214. [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 Burkholder, J.M. & Marshall, H.G. 2012. Toxigenic <i>Pfiesteria</i> species - updates on biology, ecology, toxins, and impacts. <i>Harmful Algae</i> 14, 196-230, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2011.10.022 [details]
additional source Chang, F.H.; Charleston, W.A.G.; McKenna, P.B.; Clowes, C.D.; Wilson, G.J.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Myzozoa: dinoflagellates, perkinsids, ellobiopsids, sporozoans, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 175-216. [details]
ecology source Leles, S. G.; Mitra, A.; Flynn, K. J.; Stoecker, D. K.; Hansen, P. J.; Calbet, A.; McManus, G. B.; Sanders, R. W.; Caron, D. A.; Not, F.; Hallegraeff, G. M.; Pitta, P.; Raven, J. A.; Johnson, M. D.; Glibert, P. M.; Våge, S. (2017). Oceanic protists with different forms of acquired phototrophy display contrasting biogeographies and abundance. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 284(1860): 20170664., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0664 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details]
ecology source Lewitus, A.J.; Glasgow Jr, H.B.; Burkholder, J.M. (1999). Kleptoplastidy in the toxic dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida (Dinophyceae). <em>Journal of Phycology.</em> 35(2): 303-312. [details]
ecology source Burkholder, J. M.; Glibert, P. M.; Skelton, H. M. (2008). Mixotrophy, a major mode of nutrition for harmful algal species in eutrophic waters. <em>Harmful Algae.</em> 8(1): 77-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2008.08.010 [details]
ecology source Jeong, H. J.; Kang, H. C.; Lim, A. S.; Jang, S. H.; Lee, K.; Lee, S. Y.; Ok, J. H.; You, J. H.; Kim, J. H.; Lee, K. H.; Park, S. A.; Eom, S. H.; Yoo, Y. D.; Kim, K. Y. (2021). Feeding diverse prey as an excellent strategy of mixotrophic dinoflagellates for global dominance. <em>Science Advances.</em> 7(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe4214 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Published in AlgaeBase 
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pfiesteria piscicida)
To GenBank (639 nucleotides; 497 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pfiesteria piscicida)
To GenBank (639 nucleotides; 497 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To ITIS