HABs taxon details
original description
Billard C. 1983. Prymnesium zebrinum sp. nov. et P. annuliferum sp. nov., deux nouvelles espèces apparentées à P. parvum. Carter (Prymnesiophyceae). Phycologia 22: 141-151. [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
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]
additional source
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]
From regional or thematic species database
Distribution Presently known from France only [details]
Harmful effect Toxic to Artemia and therefore probably producer of the same toxin as other species of Prymnesium. [details]
Identification As in other species of Prymensium, cells of P. zebrinum are covered with two types of elliptical scales, of which the outer type is species specific. These latter show a distal series of 4-6 transverse bars unlike any other >i>Prymnesium[details]
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