WoRMS taxon details
Aureococcus anophagefferens Hargraves & Sieburth, 1988
375699 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:375699)
accepted
Species
marine
Sieburth, J. M.; Johnson, P. W.; Hargraves, P. E. (1988). Ultrastructure and ecology of Aureococcus anophagefferens gen et sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae): the dominant picoplankter during a bloom in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, summer 1985. Journal of Phycology, 24(3): 416-425. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:52309
Description Very small picoplankton measuring 1.5 to 2 µm in diameter.
Distribution Initially known from The U.S. East Coast 1985-1991, but subsequently also from China 2009-2011 (Bohai Sea) and South Africa...
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:52309 [details]
Description Very small picoplankton measuring 1.5 to 2 µm in diameter.
Description Very small picoplankton measuring 1.5 to 2 µm in diameter. [details]
Distribution Initially known from The U.S. East Coast 1985-1991, but subsequently also from China 2009-2011 (Bohai Sea) and South Africa...
Distribution Initially known from The U.S. East Coast 1985-1991, but subsequently also from China 2009-2011 (Bohai Sea) and South Africa 1997-1998 (Saldanha Bay) [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). Aureococcus anophagefferens Hargraves & Sieburth, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=375699 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Sieburth, J. M.; Johnson, P. W.; Hargraves, P. E. (1988). Ultrastructure and ecology of Aureococcus anophagefferens gen et sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae): the dominant picoplankter during a bloom in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, summer 1985. Journal of Phycology, 24(3): 416-425. [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]
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]
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]
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:52309 [details]From regional or thematic species database
Description Very small picoplankton measuring 1.5 to 2 µm in diameter. [details]Distribution Initially known from The U.S. East Coast 1985-1991, but subsequently also from China 2009-2011 (Bohai Sea) and South Africa 1997-1998 (Saldanha Bay) [details]
Harmful effect Non-toxigenic marine microalgal species associated with animal kills or health impairment. [details]
Harmful effect Aureococcus has been the source of mass mortality of bay scallops (Argyropecten irradians) and clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) in New York State and has been reported from as far south as the coasts of Maryland and Virginia, in addition to Saldanha Bay, South Africa and Bohai Sea, China. A toxin has never been identified, but the presence of the algae in the water deters feeding by stimulating contractions of branchial muscles of the effected bivalves and interfering with ciliary beating. Both toxic and non-toxic strains are known (further details in Gobler & Sunda 2012) [details]
Identification Aureococcus is a very small coccoid cell, up to 2 micrometer in diameter. Identification requires molecular sequencing [details]
