WoRMS taxon details
Dinophysis acuminata Claparède & Lachmann, 1859
AphiaID: 109603
AphiaID: 109603
| Classification: Biota > Chromista (Kingdom) > Harosa (Subkingdom) > Alveolata (Infrakingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinozoa (Subphylum) > Dinoflagellata (Infraphylum) > Peridinea (Class) > Dinophysoidia (Subclass) > Dinophysida (Order) > Dinophysiaceae (Family) > Dinophysis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||
| Parent | Dinophysis Ehrenberg, 1839 | |||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Dinophysis boehmii Paulsen, 1949 (synonym) Dinophysis borealis Paulsen, 1949 (synonym) Dinophysis ellipsoides Kofoid, 1907 Dinophysis lachmanii Solum, 1962 (synonym) Dinophysis lachmanni O.W.Paulsen Dinophysis paulsenii Woloszynska, 1928 (synonym) Dinophysis skagii Paulsen, 1949 (synonym) | |||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Claparède E. & Lachmann J. 1859. Etudes sur les Infusoires et les Rhizopodes. Mém. Inst. Genev. 5, 6: 489 pp. [details] basis of record: Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] basis of record: Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details] additional source: Steidinger, K.A. and K. Tangen. 1977. Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press. San Diego. p. 387-584. [details] additional source: Gómez, F., 2005. A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world’s oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64 (1), 129-212. [details] [full text] additional source: ITIS database, 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. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Horner, R.A. 2002. A taxonomic guide to some common marine phytoplankton. Biopress Ltd. Bristol. 195 p. [details] additional source: Martin, J.L., M.M. LeGresley and P.M. Strain. 2001. Phytoplankton monitoring in the Western Isles region of the Bay of Fundy during 1997-98. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2349. iv + 85 p. [details] additional source: Lee J.S., lgarashi T., Fraga S., Dahl E., Hovgaard P. & Yasumoto T. 1989. Determination of diarrhetic shellfish toxins in various dinoflagellate species. J. Appl. Phycol. 1: 147-152. [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: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] | |||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Forma Dinophysis acuminata f. reniformis J.Pavillard | |||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||
| Distribution | type locality: Glesnaes [details] Blankenberge [details] Denmark [details] European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||
| Links | Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) To Dyntaxa To GenBank (121 nucleotides; 57 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: general for group: both heterotrophic (eat other organisms) and autotrophic (photosynthetic) [details] Distribution: neritic, cold to warm temperate regions, worldwide; often present in late spring to summer. [details] Distribution: Dinophysis acuminata is widely distributed from cold to warm waters of both hemispheres. Its presence in the Mediterranean Sea has not been convincingly demonstrated. [details] Habitat: pelagic [details] Harmful effect: The main agent of DSP outbreaks in European Atlantic coasts. Also associated with DSP outbreaks in NE Japan and New Zealand. In recent years, first report of DSP outbreaks associated with blooms of this species in NW (Esenkulova & Haigh 2012) and NE North America (Hattenrath-Lehmann et al. 2012). Producer of okadaic acid (OA), dinophysis toxins (DTXs)—toxins implicated in DSP outbreaks—and pectenotoxins (PTXs). Some strains appear to produce only PTX (Nielsen et al. 2012), others only OA (Fernández et al. 2001), others DTX1 and PTX2 (Suzuki et al. 2009) or a mixture of OA, DTXs and PTXs (Miles et al. 2004). 1. Strains producing only pectenotoxins: Denmark: Nielsen et al. 2012. 2. Strains producing only okadaic acid: Spain: Fernández et al. 2001. 3. Strains producing DTX1 and PTX2 NE Japan: Suzuki et al. 2009 4. A mixture of OA, DTXs and PTXs Norway: Miles et al. 2004 NE USA: Hackett et al. 2009 D. acuminata and D. acuta are the main DSP toxin producers in Europe (Reguera et al. 2012) [details] Importance: General: known for producing dangerous toxins, particularly when in large numbers, called "red tides" because the cells are so abundant they make water change color. Also they can produce non-fatal or fatal amounts of toxins in predators (particularly shellfish) that may be eaten by humans. [details] Predators: marine microorganisms and animal larvae [details] Reproduction: general for group: both sexual and asexual [details] Spelling: written D. acuminata by Louis et al. (1974) [details] status: D. skagii Paulsen has been observed forming couplets with D. acuminata, and is probably a 'small cell' in its life cycle (Reguera & Gonzalez-Gil 2001 and citations therein). Dinophysis acuminata is widely distributed from cold to warm waters of both hemisphere. Its presence in the Mediterranean Sea has not been convincingly demonstrated. [details] | |||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109603 | |||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Dinophysis acuminata Claparède & Lachmann, 1859. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109603 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||
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