HABs taxon details

Alexandrium Halim, 1960

Alexandrium minutum
Alexandrium minutum

109470  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109470)

accepted
Genus
Gessnerium Halim ex Halim, 1967 · unaccepted (synonym)
Protogonyaulax F.J.R.Taylor, 1979 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Alexandrium affine (H.Inoue & Y.Fukuyo) Balech, 1995
  2. Species Alexandrium andersonii Balech, 1990
  3. Species Alexandrium australiense Sh.Murray, 2014
  4. Species Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985
  5. Species Alexandrium fragae S.Branco & M.Menezes, 2020
  6. Species Alexandrium hiranoi Kita & Fukuyo, 1988
  7. Species Alexandrium leei Balech, 1985
  8. Species Alexandrium limii S.T.Teng, Tillmann, N.Abdullah, S.Nagai & Leaw, 2023
  9. Species Alexandrium minutum Halim, 1960
  10. Species Alexandrium monilatum (J.F.Howell) Balech, 1995
  11. Species Alexandrium ogatae S.T.Teng, N.Abdullah, Tillmann, Leaw & P.T.Lim, 2023
  12. Species Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985
  13. Species Alexandrium pacificum R.W.Litaker, 2014
  14. Species Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax (Biecheler) Horiguchi ex K.Yuki & Y.Fukuyo, 1992
  15. Species Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech, 1995
  16. Species Alexandrium tamiyavanichii Balech, 1994
  17. Species Alexandrium taylorii Balech, 1994
  18. Species Alexandrium acatenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985 accepted as Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985
  19. Species Alexandrium andersoni Balech, 1990 accepted as Alexandrium andersonii Balech, 1990 (zoological spelling)
  20. Species Alexandrium angustitabulatum F.J.R.Taylor, 1995 accepted as Alexandrium minutum Halim, 1960 (synonym, nom. illeg.)
  21. Species Alexandrium excavatum (Braarud) Balech & Tangen, 1985 accepted as Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985 (synonym)
  22. Species Alexandrium fukuyoi Balech, 1985 accepted as Alexandrium affine (H.Inoue & Y.Fukuyo) Balech, 1995 (synonym)
  23. Species Alexandrium fundyense Balech, 1985 accepted as Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985 (name rejected; "catenella" has nomenclatural priority)
  24. Species Alexandrium ibericum Balech, 1985 accepted as Alexandrium minutum Halim, 1960 (synonym)
  25. Species Alexandrium lusitanicum Balech, 1985 accepted as Alexandrium minutum Halim, 1960 (synonym)
  26. Species Alexandrium peruvianum (Balech & Mendiola) Balech & Tangen, 1985 accepted as Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985 (heterotypic synonym)
  27. Species Alexandrium pseudogoniaulax (Biecheler, 1952) Horiguchi, 1983 ex Kita & Fukuyo, 1992 accepted as Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax (Biecheler) Horiguchi ex K.Yuki & Y.Fukuyo, 1992
  28. Species Alexandrium taylori Balech, 1994 accepted as Alexandrium taylorii Balech, 1994
marine, brackish
Halim Y. (1960). Alexandrium minutum, n. gen. n. sp. dinoflagellé provocant des “eaux rouges”. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 11: 102-105. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
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). Alexandrium Halim, 1960. Accessed through: Lundholm, N.; Bernard, C.; Churro, C.; Escalera, L.; Hoppenrath, M.; Iwataki, M.; Larsen, J.; Mertens, K.; Moestrup, Ø.; Murray, S.; Salas, R.; Tillmann, U.; Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards) IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hab/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109470 on 2026-06-11
Lundholm, N.; Bernard, C.; Churro, C.; Escalera, L.; Hoppenrath, M.; Iwataki, M.; Larsen, J.; Mertens, K.; Murray, S.; Probert, I.; Salas, R.; Tillmann, U.; Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards). IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Microalgae. Alexandrium Halim, 1960. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hab/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109470 on 2026-06-11
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Brandt, Sue
2006-07-10 07:18:51Z
changed
Camba Reu, Cibran
2006-07-12 06:39:56Z
changed
Camba Reu, Cibran
2008-06-04 11:06:54Z
changed
Moestrup, Øjvind
2012-07-04 13:40:04Z
changed
Guiry, Michael D.
2017-03-02 13:51:38Z
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Guiry, Michael D.
2018-11-16 08:36:34Z
changed
Guiry, Michael D.
2024-02-26 09:29:42Z
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Guiry, Michael D.

original description Halim Y. (1960). Alexandrium minutum, n. gen. n. sp. dinoflagellé provocant des “eaux rouges”. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 11: 102-105. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

taxonomy source Gómez, F. (2025). Comment (Case 3886) – Opposition to the proposed confirmation of Alexandrium Halim, 1960 (Dinoflagellata, Gonyaulacidae) as an animal taxon (see BZN 81: 94–97 [Case]). <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 82(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v82.a021 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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] OpenAccess publication

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] 

additional source Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
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Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Gessnerium Halim ex Halim, 1967)
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase (from synonym Protogonyaulax F.J.R.Taylor, 1979)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alexandrium) 
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed