HABs taxon details
original description
Fresnel J., Probert I. & Billard C. 2001. Prymnesium faveolatum sp. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae), a new toxic species from the Mediterranean Sea. Vie et Milieu 51: 89-97. [details]
basis of record
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2022). 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]
From regional or thematic species database
Distribution P. faveolatum is presently known from France only. [details]
Harmful effect Toxic to Artemia and therefore probably producer of the same toxin as several other species of Prymnesium. [details]
Identification Prymnesium faveolatum cells are covered with two types of elliptic scales. Identification requires transmission electron microscopy. [details]
| |