World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WRiMS taxon details

Alexandrium Halim, 1960

Alexandrium minutum

AphiaID

109470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109470)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Alexandrium minutum Halim, 1960

Parent

Ostreopsidoideae Gottschling, Tillmann & Elbrächter, 2021

Original name

Alexandrium Halim, 1960

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Species Alexandrium affine (H.Inoue & Y.Fukuyo) Balech, 1995
Species Alexandrium andersonii Balech, 1990
Species Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985
Species Alexandrium concavum (Gaarder) Balech, 1985
Species Alexandrium kutnerae (Balech, 1979) Balech, 1985
Species Alexandrium leei Balech, 1985
Species Alexandrium margalefii Balech, 1994
Species Alexandrium minutum Halim, 1960
Species Alexandrium monilatum (J.F.Howell) Balech, 1995
Species Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985
Species Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax (Biecheler) Horiguchi ex K.Yuki & Y.Fukuyo, 1992
Species Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech, 1995
Species Alexandrium taylorii Balech, 1994
Species Alexandrium acatenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985 accepted as Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985
Species Alexandrium andersoni Balech, 1990 accepted as Alexandrium andersonii Balech, 1990 (zoological spelling)
Species Alexandrium angustitabulatum F.J.R.Taylor, 1995 accepted as Alexandrium minutum Halim, 1960 (synonym, nom. illeg.)
Species Alexandrium fundyense Balech, 1985 accepted as Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985 (name rejected; "catenella" has nomenclatural priority)
Species Alexandrium peruvianum (Balech & Mendiola) Balech & Tangen, 1985 accepted as Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen, 1985 (heterotypic synonym)
Species Alexandrium taylori Balech, 1994 accepted as Alexandrium taylorii Balech, 1994

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Halim Y. (1960). Alexandrium minutum, n. gen. n. sp. dinoflagellé provocant des “eaux rouges”. Vie et Milieu. 11: 102-105. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

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). Alexandrium Halim, 1960. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109470 on 2026-03-05

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Alexandrium Halim, 1960. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php/api-docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109470 on 2026-03-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Brandt, Sue

2006-07-10 07:18:51Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2006-07-12 06:39:56Z

changed

Camba Reu, Cibran

2008-06-04 11:06:54Z

changed

Moestrup, Øjvind

2012-07-04 13:40:04Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2017-03-02 13:51:38Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2018-11-16 08:36:34Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2024-02-26 09:29:42Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

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original description Halim Y. (1960). Alexandrium minutum, n. gen. n. sp. dinoflagellé provocant des “eaux rouges”. Vie et Milieu. 11: 102-105. [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Gómez, F. (2025). Comment (Case 3886) – Opposition to the proposed confirmation of Alexandrium Halim, 1960 (Dinoflagellata, Gonyaulacidae) as an animal taxon (see BZN 81: 94–97 [Case]). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 82(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v82.a021 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64(1): 129-212. [details]

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

additional source 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]