WoRMS taxon details
Prymnesium calathiferum Chang & Ryan, 1985
246600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246600)
accepted
Species
marine
Chang F.H. & Ryan K.G. 1985. Prymnesium calathiferum sp. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae), a new species isolated from Northland, New Zealand. Phycologia 24: 191-198., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-24-2-191.1 [details]
Type locality contained in Northland
type locality contained in Northland [details]
Description Species of Prymnesium can only be reliably identified to species level by examination of the organic scales on the cell...
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:40263
Distribution This species was described from New Zealand but was subsequently found in France
Description Species of Prymnesium can only be reliably identified to species level by examination of the organic scales on the cell surface. In . P. calathiferum the scales scales are of two types, the inner scales elliptic with inflexed rims, the outer basket shaped. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:40263
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:40263 [details]
Distribution This species was described from New Zealand but was subsequently found in France
Distribution This species was described from New Zealand but was subsequently found in France [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). Prymnesium calathiferum Chang & Ryan, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246600 on 2026-04-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Chang F.H. & Ryan K.G. 1985. Prymnesium calathiferum sp. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae), a new species isolated from Northland, New Zealand. Phycologia 24: 191-198., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-24-2-191.1 [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
Other
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 Chang F.H. 1985. Preliminary toxicity test of <i>Prymnesium calathiferum</i> n. sp. isolated from New Zealand. In: <i>Toxic Dinoflagellates</i> (Ed. by D.M. Anderson, A.W White and D.G. Baden), pp. 109-112. Elsevier, New York. [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 Chang F.H. 1985. Preliminary toxicity test of <i>Prymnesium calathiferum</i> n. sp. isolated from New Zealand. In: <i>Toxic Dinoflagellates</i> (Ed. by D.M. Anderson, A.W White and D.G. Baden), pp. 109-112. Elsevier, New York. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description Species of Prymnesium can only be reliably identified to species level by examination of the organic scales on the cell surface. In . P. calathiferum the scales scales are of two types, the inner scales elliptic with inflexed rims, the outer basket shaped. [details]LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:40263 [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Distribution This species was described from New Zealand but was subsequently found in France [details]Harmful effect Fish and shellfish mortality. [details]
Identification Prymnesium calathiferum may be separated from the other species of Prymnesium by several features. Firstly, P. calathiferum has elaborate wicker-basket-like external scales which are unique to this species, and secondly, it has the greatest ratio of flagellar to cell length (2.1-3.0) and the lowest ratio of haptonema to flagella length (0.16) of all known Prymnesium species (Chang and Ryan, 1985). [details]
Published in AlgaeBase 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prymnesium calathiferum)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prymnesium calathiferum)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
From editor or global species database
