Gambierdiscus toxicus

Gambierdiscus toxicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gonyaulacales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: Tsar Cladus: Sar Infraregnum: Alveolata Phylum: Myzozoa Subphylum: Dinozoa Infraphylum: Dinoflagellata Classis: Dinophyceae Ordo: Gonyaulacales

Familia: Ostreopsidaceae
Genus: Gambierdiscus
Species: Gambierdiscus toxicus

Name

Gambierdiscus toxicus Adachi & Fukuyo, 1979: 68, figs 1-7

• Type locality: South Pacific Ocean: Gambier Islands, French Polynesia.
• Typus: May 1975. Lectotype: Fig. 1 in Adachi & Fukuyo, 1979. Epitype: G. toxicus GTT-91 cell shown in Fig. 1 of Chinain et al. (1999) (Lecto- and Epitype designated by Litaker et al. 2009: 360).

References

Primary references

• Adachi, R. & Fukuyo, Y. 1979. The thecal structure of a marine toxic dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus gen. et spec. nov. collected in a ciguatera-endemic area. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 45(1): 67–71. Reference page. 

Links

• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2022. AlgaeBase: Gambierdiscus toxicus. National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2022-11-21.
• Cookislands.bishopmuseum.org Cook Islands Biodiversity : Gambierdiscus toxicus - Ciguatera Dinoflagellate
• Gambierdiscus toxicus in the World Register of Marine Species