HABs taxon details
original description
Abdullah, N.; Teng, S. T.; Hanifah, A. H.; Law, I. K.; Tan, T. H.; Krock, B.; Harris, T. M.; Nagai, S.; Lim, P. T.; Tillmann, U.; Leaw, C. P. (2023). Thecal plate morphology, molecular phylogeny, and toxin analyses reveal two novel species of <i>Alexandrium</i> (Dinophyceae) and their potential for toxin production. <em>Harmful Algae.</em> 127: 102475., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2023.102475 [details]
basis of record
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]
From regional or thematic species database
Harmful effect According to Abdullah et al. (2023), all strains produced goniodomins, with GDA as major variants (6–14 pg cell-1) for all strains. None of the strains contained detectable levels of PSTs and cycloimines. [details]
Type locality Sepanggar Bay (Malaysia) [details]
Verified sequences Strain LASpbB10 (Abdullah et al. 2023):
SSU rDNA OP782555
LSU rDNA OK271127
ITS rDNA OK274341 [details]
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