DiatomBase taxon details
Pseudo-nitzschia australis Frenguelli, 1939
246604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246604)
accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
recent only
Frenguelli J. 1939. Diatomeas del Golfo de San Matías. Rev. Museo de La Plata, N.S., 2 (Bot.) (10): 201-226. [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in San Matías
type locality contained in San Matías [details]
Distribution Widely distributed in temperate and subtropical waters. A few findings from tropical waters. See list of distribution in...
Distribution Widely distributed in temperate and subtropical waters. A few findings from tropical waters. See list of distribution in Hasle (2002): Are most of the domoic acid-producing species of the diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia cosmopolites? Harmful Algae 1: 137-146. [details]
Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2025). DiatomBase. Pseudo-nitzschia australis Frenguelli, 1939. Accessed at: https://www.diatombase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246604 on 2025-05-30
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original description
Frenguelli J. 1939. Diatomeas del Golfo de San Matías. Rev. Museo de La Plata, N.S., 2 (Bot.) (10): 201-226. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [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 Harper, M.A.; Cassie Cooper, V.; Chang, F.H.; Nelson, W.A.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Ochrophyta: brown and golden-brown algae, diatoms, silicoflagellates, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 114-163. [details]
toxicology source Fritz L., Quilliam M.A., Wright J.L.C. Beale A.M. & Work T.M. 1992. An outbreak of domoic acid poisoning attributed to the pennate diatom <i>Pseudonitzschia australis</i>. J. Phycol. 28: 439-442. [details]
toxicology source Holland P.T., Selwood A.I., Mountfort D.O., Wilkins A.L., McNabb P., Rhodes L., Doucette G.J., Mikulski C.M & King K.L. 2005. Isodomoic acid C, an unusual amnesic shellfish poisoning toxin from <i>Pseudonitzschia australis</i>. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 18: 814-816. [details] Available for editors [request]
toxicology source Scholin C.A., Guilland F., Doucette G.J., Benson S., Busman M., Chavez F.P., Cordaro J., Delong R., De Vogelaere A., Harvey J., Haulena M., Lefebvre K., Lipscomb T., Loscutoff S., Lowenstine L.J., Marin III R., Miller P.E., McLellan W.A., Moeller P.D.R., Powell C.L., Rowles T., Silvagni P., Silver M., Spraker T., Trainer V. & van Dolah F.M. 2000. Mortality of sea lions along the central California coast linked to a toxic diatom bloom. Nature 403: 80-84. [details]
toxicology source Garrison D.L., Conrad S.M., Eilers P.P., Waldron E.M. 1992. Confirmation of domoic acid production by Pseudonitzschia australis (Baciollariophyceae) cultures. J. Phycol. 28: 604-607. [details]
[request]context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [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 Harper, M.A.; Cassie Cooper, V.; Chang, F.H.; Nelson, W.A.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Ochrophyta: brown and golden-brown algae, diatoms, silicoflagellates, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 114-163. [details]
toxicology source Fritz L., Quilliam M.A., Wright J.L.C. Beale A.M. & Work T.M. 1992. An outbreak of domoic acid poisoning attributed to the pennate diatom <i>Pseudonitzschia australis</i>. J. Phycol. 28: 439-442. [details]
toxicology source Holland P.T., Selwood A.I., Mountfort D.O., Wilkins A.L., McNabb P., Rhodes L., Doucette G.J., Mikulski C.M & King K.L. 2005. Isodomoic acid C, an unusual amnesic shellfish poisoning toxin from <i>Pseudonitzschia australis</i>. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 18: 814-816. [details] Available for editors
[request]toxicology source Scholin C.A., Guilland F., Doucette G.J., Benson S., Busman M., Chavez F.P., Cordaro J., Delong R., De Vogelaere A., Harvey J., Haulena M., Lefebvre K., Lipscomb T., Loscutoff S., Lowenstine L.J., Marin III R., Miller P.E., McLellan W.A., Moeller P.D.R., Powell C.L., Rowles T., Silvagni P., Silver M., Spraker T., Trainer V. & van Dolah F.M. 2000. Mortality of sea lions along the central California coast linked to a toxic diatom bloom. Nature 403: 80-84. [details]
toxicology source Garrison D.L., Conrad S.M., Eilers P.P., Waldron E.M. 1992. Confirmation of domoic acid production by Pseudonitzschia australis (Baciollariophyceae) cultures. J. Phycol. 28: 604-607. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Distribution Widely distributed in temperate and subtropical waters. A few findings from tropical waters. See list of distribution in Hasle (2002): Are most of the domoic acid-producing species of the diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia cosmopolites? Harmful Algae 1: 137-146. [details]Harmful effect Produces domoic acid and isodomoic acid C. See Garrison et al (1992) and Holland et al (2005) [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Spain (Nation) : Fisheries: accidental with deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish [details]
Morphology
* valve width: 5.5-8µm
* 2 rows of poroids
* no central nodule [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudo-nitzschia australis)
To GenBank (35639 nucleotides; 12720 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudo-nitzschia australis)
To GenBank (35639 nucleotides; 12720 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database