WoRMS taxon details
Gambierdiscus belizeanus M.A.Faust, 1995
233378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:233378)
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1995.00996.x [details] Available for editors 
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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:50503
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed. Thecal surface heavily aerolated, covered with evenly distributed fine pores....
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:50503 [details]
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed. Thecal surface heavily aerolated, covered with evenly distributed fine pores....
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed. Thecal surface heavily aerolated, covered with evenly distributed fine pores. Apical pore plate oval containing fish-hook shaped pore. The 1p plate is comparatively narrow. Pentagonal 3’ plate. The ratio of the 2’/2’’ suture length to the 2’/4’’ suture length is 0.64. [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Gambierdiscus belizeanus M.A.Faust, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=233378 on 2026-08-21
Date
action
by
2006-07-27 06:59:07Z
created
Camba Reu, Cibran
2015-06-26 12:00:51Z
changed
db_admin
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Nomenclature
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1995.00996.x [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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]
Other
additional source
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). 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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:50503 [details]From regional or thematic species database
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed. Thecal surface heavily aerolated, covered with evenly distributed fine pores. Apical pore plate oval containing fish-hook shaped pore. The 1p plate is comparatively narrow. Pentagonal 3’ plate. The ratio of the 2’/2’’ suture length to the 2’/4’’ suture length is 0.64. [details]Harmful effects and toxins Gambierdiscus belizeanus produces 44-methylgamberione but no MTX1 and no CTX-3C, -3B, -4A, -4B-, -C-CTXs (Kohli et al. 2015) [details]
Unreviewed
Spelling The epithet belizianus is orthographically correct, ICBN Art. 60.1 [details]
Published in AlgaeBase 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gambierdiscus belizeanus)
To GenBank (154 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (177236.jpg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (177238.jpg)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gambierdiscus belizeanus)
To GenBank (154 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (177236.jpg)
To NMNH Extant Collection (177238.jpg)
Unreviewed
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