HABs taxon details
Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg, 1839
109604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109604)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1841). Über noch jetzt zahlreich lebende Thierarten der Kreidebildung und den Organismus der Polythalamien. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1839: 81-174. [details]
Type locality contained in Kiel Bay
type locality contained in Kiel Bay [details]
Harmful effect The main agent of DSP outbreaks in Chile (Lembeye et al. 1993). A bloom of D. acuta in Chile in 1972 was the first case of...
Identification D. acuta can be easily confused with D. norvegica. The distinction between the two species can be made by determining...
Harmful effect The main agent of DSP outbreaks in Chile (Lembeye et al. 1993). A bloom of D. acuta in Chile in 1972 was the first case of a Dinophysis bloom associated with a diarrhetic outbreak, but the event was not reported to the international community until 1991 (Lembeye et al. 1993) following the description of the DSP syndrome by Yasumoto et al. (1978).
The most important DSP agent (after D. acuminata) in Atlantic European coastal waters (in particular Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Portugal and Spain) and in New Zealand.
Most strains produce diarrhetic shellfish toxins (OA, DTX1 and/or DTX2) and pectenotoxins (PTX2 and PTX11 or PTX12) (Fernández-Puente et al. 2004; Miles et al. 2004; MacKenzie et al. 2005; Pizarro et al. 2009; Nielsen et al. 2013), but strains with a simpler profile (e.g. with only PTX2) may occasionally occur (Fernández et al. 2006).
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The most important DSP agent (after D. acuminata) in Atlantic European coastal waters (in particular Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Portugal and Spain) and in New Zealand.
Most strains produce diarrhetic shellfish toxins (OA, DTX1 and/or DTX2) and pectenotoxins (PTX2 and PTX11 or PTX12) (Fernández-Puente et al. 2004; Miles et al. 2004; MacKenzie et al. 2005; Pizarro et al. 2009; Nielsen et al. 2013), but strains with a simpler profile (e.g. with only PTX2) may occasionally occur (Fernández et al. 2006).
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Identification D. acuta can be easily confused with D. norvegica. The distinction between the two species can be made by determining...
Identification D. acuta can be easily confused with D. norvegica. The distinction between the two species can be made by determining whether the deepest portion of the cell is two-thirds the cell length or one-half and determining the length of the left sulcal list in relation to the cell length. [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed through: Lundholm, N.; Churro, C.; Escalera, L.; Fraga, S.; Hoppenrath, M.; Iwataki, M.; Larsen, J.; Mertens, K.; Moestrup, Ø.; Murray, S.; Tillmann, U.; Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards) IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hab/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109604 on 2024-08-14
Lundholm, N.; Churro, C.; Escalera, L.; Fraga, S.; Hoppenrath, M.; Iwataki, M.; Larsen, J.; Mertens, K.; Moestrup, Ø.; Murray, S.; Tillmann, U.; Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards). IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae. Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hab/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109604 on 2024-08-14
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Ehrenberg, C. G. (1841). Über noch jetzt zahlreich lebende Thierarten der Kreidebildung und den Organismus der Polythalamien. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1839: 81-174. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Horner, R. A. (2002). A taxonomic guide to some common marine phytoplankton. <em>Biopress Ltd. Bristol.</em> 1-195. [details]
additional source Martin, J. L.; LeGresley, M. M. ; Strain, P. M. (2001). Phytoplankton monitoring in the Western Isles region of the Bay of Fundy during 1997-98. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2349.</em> 4: 1-85. [details]
additional source Daiguji M., Satake M., James K.J., Bishop A., MacKenzie L., Naoki H. & Yasumoto T. 1998. Structures of new pectenotoxin analogs, pectenotoxin-2 seco acid and 7-epi-pectenotoxin-2 seco acid, isolated from a dinoflagellate and greenshell mussels. Chem. Lett.: 653-654., available online at https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1998.653 [details]
additional source Sampayo M.A., Alvito P., Franca S. & Sousa I. 1990. <i>Dinophysis</i> spp. toxicity and relation to accompanying species. In: <i>Toxic Marine Phytoplankton</i> (Ed. by E. Granéli, B. Sundström, L. Edler & D.M. Anderson), pp. 215-220. Elsevier, New York [details]
additional source Steidinger, K. A., M. A. Faust, and D. U. Hernández-Becerril. 2009. Dinoflagellates (Dinoflagellata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 131–154 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College [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]
additional source Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Chang, F.H.; Charleston, W.A.G.; McKenna, P.B.; Clowes, C.D.; Wilson, G.J.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Myzozoa: dinoflagellates, perkinsids, ellobiopsids, sporozoans, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 175-216. [details]
additional source Balech, E. (2002). Dinoflagelados tecados tóxicos en el Cono Sur Americano. <em>In: Sar, E.A., Ferrario, M.E. & Reguera, B. (Eds.). Floraciones Algales Nocivas en el Cono Sur Americano. Instituto Español de Oceanografía.</em> pp. 123-144. [details] Available for editors
ecology source Hansen, P. J.; Tillmann, U. (2020). Mixotrophy in Dinoflagellates: Prey Selection, Physiology and Ecological Importance in Dinoflagellates: Classification, Evolution, Physiology and Ecological Significance. <em>Ed: Subba Rao Durvasula. Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, USA.</em> [details]
ecology source Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details]
ecology source Hansen, P. J.; Nielsen, L. T.; Johnson, M.; Berge, T.; Flynn, K. J. (2013). Acquired phototrophy in Mesodinium and Dinophysis – A review of cellular organization, prey selectivity, nutrient uptake and bioenergetics. <em>Harmful Algae.</em> 28: 126-139., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2013.06.004 [details]
ecology source Rusterholz, P. M.; Hansen, P. J.; Daugbjerg, N. (2017). Evolutionary transition towards permanent chloroplasts? - Division of kleptochloroplasts in starved cells of two species of Dinophysis (Dinophyceae). <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 12(5): e0177512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177512 [details]
ecology source García-Portela, M.; Reguera, B.; Sibat, M.; Altenburger, A.; Rodríguez, F.; Hess, P. (2018). Metabolomic Profiles of Dinophysis acuminata and Dinophysis acuta Using Non-Targeted High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Effect of Nutritional Status and Prey. <em>Marine Drugs.</em> 16(5): 143., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/md16050143 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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]
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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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Horner, R. A. (2002). A taxonomic guide to some common marine phytoplankton. <em>Biopress Ltd. Bristol.</em> 1-195. [details]
additional source Martin, J. L.; LeGresley, M. M. ; Strain, P. M. (2001). Phytoplankton monitoring in the Western Isles region of the Bay of Fundy during 1997-98. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2349.</em> 4: 1-85. [details]
additional source Daiguji M., Satake M., James K.J., Bishop A., MacKenzie L., Naoki H. & Yasumoto T. 1998. Structures of new pectenotoxin analogs, pectenotoxin-2 seco acid and 7-epi-pectenotoxin-2 seco acid, isolated from a dinoflagellate and greenshell mussels. Chem. Lett.: 653-654., available online at https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1998.653 [details]
additional source Sampayo M.A., Alvito P., Franca S. & Sousa I. 1990. <i>Dinophysis</i> spp. toxicity and relation to accompanying species. In: <i>Toxic Marine Phytoplankton</i> (Ed. by E. Granéli, B. Sundström, L. Edler & D.M. Anderson), pp. 215-220. Elsevier, New York [details]
additional source Steidinger, K. A., M. A. Faust, and D. U. Hernández-Becerril. 2009. Dinoflagellates (Dinoflagellata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 131–154 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College [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]
additional source Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Chang, F.H.; Charleston, W.A.G.; McKenna, P.B.; Clowes, C.D.; Wilson, G.J.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Myzozoa: dinoflagellates, perkinsids, ellobiopsids, sporozoans, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 175-216. [details]
additional source Balech, E. (2002). Dinoflagelados tecados tóxicos en el Cono Sur Americano. <em>In: Sar, E.A., Ferrario, M.E. & Reguera, B. (Eds.). Floraciones Algales Nocivas en el Cono Sur Americano. Instituto Español de Oceanografía.</em> pp. 123-144. [details] Available for editors
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ecology source Hansen, P. J.; Tillmann, U. (2020). Mixotrophy in Dinoflagellates: Prey Selection, Physiology and Ecological Importance in Dinoflagellates: Classification, Evolution, Physiology and Ecological Significance. <em>Ed: Subba Rao Durvasula. Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, USA.</em> [details]
ecology source Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
ecology source Hansen, P. J.; Nielsen, L. T.; Johnson, M.; Berge, T.; Flynn, K. J. (2013). Acquired phototrophy in Mesodinium and Dinophysis – A review of cellular organization, prey selectivity, nutrient uptake and bioenergetics. <em>Harmful Algae.</em> 28: 126-139., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2013.06.004 [details]
ecology source Rusterholz, P. M.; Hansen, P. J.; Daugbjerg, N. (2017). Evolutionary transition towards permanent chloroplasts? - Division of kleptochloroplasts in starved cells of two species of Dinophysis (Dinophyceae). <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 12(5): e0177512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177512 [details]
ecology source García-Portela, M.; Reguera, B.; Sibat, M.; Altenburger, A.; Rodríguez, F.; Hess, P. (2018). Metabolomic Profiles of Dinophysis acuminata and Dinophysis acuta Using Non-Targeted High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Effect of Nutritional Status and Prey. <em>Marine Drugs.</em> 16(5): 143., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/md16050143 [details]
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Description Large, robust cell with a rounded dorsal curvature and a posterior broad V-shaped lateral profile. The left sulcal list extends about two-thirds of the body length and ends at or above the deepest portion of the cell below the midpoint. The R3 is at or above this point. Surface with areolations; type E. [details]Habitat Neritic temperate water species. Associated with stratified waters in late summer-autumn, and with downwelling events in upwelling systems. [details]
Harmful effect The main agent of DSP outbreaks in Chile (Lembeye et al. 1993). A bloom of D. acuta in Chile in 1972 was the first case of a Dinophysis bloom associated with a diarrhetic outbreak, but the event was not reported to the international community until 1991 (Lembeye et al. 1993) following the description of the DSP syndrome by Yasumoto et al. (1978).
The most important DSP agent (after D. acuminata) in Atlantic European coastal waters (in particular Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Portugal and Spain) and in New Zealand.
Most strains produce diarrhetic shellfish toxins (OA, DTX1 and/or DTX2) and pectenotoxins (PTX2 and PTX11 or PTX12) (Fernández-Puente et al. 2004; Miles et al. 2004; MacKenzie et al. 2005; Pizarro et al. 2009; Nielsen et al. 2013), but strains with a simpler profile (e.g. with only PTX2) may occasionally occur (Fernández et al. 2006).
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Identification D. acuta can be easily confused with D. norvegica. The distinction between the two species can be made by determining whether the deepest portion of the cell is two-thirds the cell length or one-half and determining the length of the left sulcal list in relation to the cell length. [details]
From other sources
Publication date Listed as 1839 on algaebase. [details]