HABs taxon details
original description
(of ) Holmes, M. J. (1998). Gambierdiscus yasumotoi sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), a toxic benthic dinoflagellate from southeastern Asia. <em>J. Phycol.</em> 34(4): 661-668., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340661.x [details]
basis of record
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]
new combination reference
Gómez, F.; Qiu, D.; Lopes, R. M.; Lin, S. (2015). Fukuyoa paulensis gen. et sp. nov., a New Genus for the Globular Species of the Dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119676., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119676 page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Harmful effect Producer of a maitoxin-like compound, which is lethal to mice (Holmes 1998). CTX toxicity has been demonstrated by mouse bioassay (Kohli et al. 2015) [details]From regional or thematic species database
Description Cells are slightly laterally compressed, globular in shape, surface smooth. Thecal pores are numerous. Apical pore plate oval with fish-hook shaped pore. [details]
Identification This species is highly similar to Fukuyoa ruetzleri. It is distinguished by a combination of morphometric features, the cell length, depth and width, and the size and shape of the 2’’’’ plate, detailed in Litaker et al. (2009). [details]
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