HABs name details
original description
Faust M.A. 1993. Three new benthic species of Prorocentrum (Dinophyceae) from Twin Cays, Belize: P. maculosum sp. nov., P. foraminosum sp. nov. and P. formosum sp. nov. Phycologia 32: 410-418. [details]
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]
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
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2023). 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
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]
toxicology source
Zhou J. & Fritz L. 1994. Okadaic acid antibody localizes to chloroplasts in DSP-toxin producing dinoflagellates <i>Prorocentrum lima</i> and <i>Prorocentrum maculosum</i>. Phycologia 33: 455-461. [details]
toxicology source
Hu T., deFreitas A.S.W., Curtis J.M., Oshima Y., Walter J.A. & Wright J.L.C. 1996. Isolation and structure of Prorocentrolide-B, a fast-acting toxin from <i>Prorocentrum maculosum</i>. J. Nat. Prod. 59: 1010-1014. [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Biology in sediment and floating detritus in mangrove habitats [details]
Harmful effect Produces okadaic acid, causing Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) and Prorocentrolide B, a fast acting toxin (FAT). [details]
status This species has been repeatedly misidentified as Prorocentrum concavum, e.g. in Dickey et al. 1990. Toxicon 28: 371-377. (Fig. 1 in this article shows clearly Prorocentrum maculosum, not P. concavum as stated; see also Zhou & Fritz 1993 Phycologia 32: 444-450) and
Hu et al. 1992. J. Nat. Prod. 55: 1631-1637. (according to Quilliam et al. 1996. In: Harmful and Toxic Algal Blooms (Ed. by T. Yasumoto, Y. Oshima & Y. Fukuyo), pp. 289-292, IOC, UNESCO, Paris). [details]
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