HABs taxon details
original description
Botes L., Sym S.D. & Pitcher G.C. 2003. <i>Karenia cristata</i> sp. nov. and <i>Karenia bicuneiformis</i> sp. nov. (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae): two new Karenia species from the South African coast. Phycologia 42: 563-571. [details]
original description
(of Karenia bidigitata Haywood & Steidinger, 2004) Haywood, A. J.; Steidinger, K. A.; Truby, E. W.; Bergquist, P. R.; Bergquist, P. L.; Adamson, J.; Mackenzie, L. (2004). Comparative morphology and molecular phylogenetic analysis of three new species of the genus Karenia (Dinophyceae) from New Zealand. <em>Journal of Phycology.</em> 40(1), 165-179., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.2004.02-149.x [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
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). 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
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]
source of synonymy
Haywood, A. J.; Steidinger, K. A.; Truby, E. W.; Bergquist, P. R.; Bergquist, P. L.; Adamson, J.; Mackenzie, L. (2004). Comparative morphology and molecular phylogenetic analysis of three new species of the genus Karenia (Dinophyceae) from New Zealand. <em>Journal of Phycology.</em> 40(1), 165-179., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.2004.02-149.x [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Description Medium-sized species (34–39 μm long, 31–36 μm wide), dorso-ventrally flattened. Epicone sharply conical, hypocone w-shaped. Cingulum displaced by one cingulum-width. Sulcus extending onto the epicone. Numerous yellow-green chloroplasts, variable in shape. Nucleus oval and located in the left lobe of the hypocone. Apical groove with a short dorsal extension on the epicone (Botes et al., 2003b). [details]
Harmful effect Toxicity needs to be confirmed, but low positive result for brevetoxin based on ELISA test has been claimed (pers. com. by Leanne Flewelling in Haywood et al. (2004)). [details]
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