WoRMS taxon details

Pseudochattonella farcimen (Eikrem, Edvardsen & J.Throndsen) Eichrem, 2009

531467  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531467)

accepted
Species
marine
(of Verrucophora farcimen Eikrem, Edvardsen & Throndsen, 2007) Edvardsen B., Eikrem W., Shalchian-Tabrizi K., Riisberg I., Johnsen G., Naustvoll L. & Throndsen J. 2007. <i>Verrucophora farcimen</i> gen. et sp. nov. (Dictyochophyceae, Heterokonta) - a bloom-forming ichthyotoxic flagellate from the Skagerrak, Norway. J. Phycol. 43, 1054-1070, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00390.x [details]   
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:97750  
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:97750 [details]

Description Cells very variable in size (5–50 μm in length) and shape (round, oval, carrot-or sausage-shaped). Many chloroplasts...  
Description Cells very variable in size (5–50 μm in length) and shape (round, oval, carrot-or sausage-shaped). Many chloroplasts (30–35 per cell). Nucleus elongated and anteriorly located. Numerous oval mucocysts, evenly distributed on the surface (Edvardsen et al., 2007).  [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). Pseudochattonella farcimen (Eikrem, Edvardsen & J.Throndsen) Eichrem, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531467 on 2024-04-23
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2010-10-12 14:05:51Z
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2015-06-26 12:00:51Z
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2019-07-18 06:33:22Z
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original description  (of Verrucophora farcimen Eikrem, Edvardsen & Throndsen, 2007) Edvardsen B., Eikrem W., Shalchian-Tabrizi K., Riisberg I., Johnsen G., Naustvoll L. & Throndsen J. 2007. <i>Verrucophora farcimen</i> gen. et sp. nov. (Dictyochophyceae, Heterokonta) - a bloom-forming ichthyotoxic flagellate from the Skagerrak, Norway. J. Phycol. 43, 1054-1070, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00390.x [details]   

taxonomy source Eikrem, W.; Edvardsen, B.; Throndsen, J. (2009). Research note: Renaming Verrucophora farcimen Eikrem, Edvardsen et Throndsen. <em>Phycological Research.</em> 57(3): 170-170., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2009.00535.x [details]   

basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2023). 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. (2023). 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 Riisberg I. & Edvardsen B. 2008. Genetic variation in bloom-forming ichthyotoxic <i>Pseudochattonella</i> species (Dictyochophyceae, Heterokonta) using nuclear, mitochondrial and plastid DNA sequence data. Eur. J. Phycol. 43: 413-422 [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]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:97750 [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Description Cells very variable in size (5–50 μm in length) and shape (round, oval, carrot-or sausage-shaped). Many chloroplasts (30–35 per cell). Nucleus elongated and anteriorly located. Numerous oval mucocysts, evenly distributed on the surface (Edvardsen et al., 2007).  [details]

Harmful effect This species has been associated with fishkills in the North Sea but a toxin has not been identified [details]