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Karenia cristata L.Botes, S.D.Sym & G.C.Pitcher, 2003

233020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:233020)

accepted
Species
marine
Botes L., Sym S.D. & Pitcher G.C. 2003. <i>Karenia cristata</i> sp. nov. and <i>Karenia bicuneiformis</i> sp. nov. (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae): two new Karenia species from the South African coast. Phycologia 42: 563-571., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-42-6-563.1 [details] 
Type locality contained in Walker Bay  
type locality contained in Walker Bay [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Karenia cristata L.Botes, S.D.Sym & G.C.Pitcher, 2003. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=233020 on 2026-10-10
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Karenia cristata L.Botes, S.D.Sym & G.C.Pitcher, 2003. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=233020 on 2026-10-10
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2006-07-26 06:43:45Z
created
Camba Reu, Cibran
2008-11-21 06:40:06Z
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2010-10-13 07:26:23Z
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2015-06-26 12:00:51Z
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db_admin
2019-07-17 06:07:57Z
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original description Botes L., Sym S.D. & Pitcher G.C. 2003. <i>Karenia cristata</i> sp. nov. and <i>Karenia bicuneiformis</i> sp. nov. (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae): two new Karenia species from the South African coast. Phycologia 42: 563-571., available online at https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-42-6-563.1 [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] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). 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 Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). 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 Haywood, A. J.; Steidinger, K. A.; Truby, E. W.; Bergquist, P. R.; Bergquist, P. L.; Adamson, J.; Mackenzie, L. (2004). Comparative morphology and molecular phylogenetic analysis of three new species of the genus Karenia (Dinophyceae) from New Zealand. <em>Journal of Phycology.</em> 40(1), 165-179., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.2004.02-149.x [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] 

toxicology source Horstman D.A., McGibbon S., Pitcher G.C., Caldee D., Hutchings L. & Williams P. 1991. Red tides in False Bay, 1959-1989, with particular reference to recent blooms of <i>Gymnodinium</i> sp. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 47: 611-627. [details] 

toxicology source Murray, S. A.; Bolch, C. J. S.; Brett, S.; Chan, C. X.; Doubell, M.; Farrell, H.; Gaiani, G.; Greenhough, H.; Hallegraeff, G.; Harding, T. S.; Harwood, D. T.; Hatfield, R. G.; MacDonald, N.; Moody, I.; Bastos de Oliveira, H.; Rhodes, L.; Selwood, A.; Seymour, J.; Siboni, N.; Snigirova, A.; Streiber, N.; Rolton, A.; Wilkinson, C.; Smith, K. (2025). A catastrophic marine mortality event caused by a complex algal bloom including the novel brevetoxin producer, Karenia cristata (Dinophyceae). <em>bioRxiv.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.31.685766 [details] 
 
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