MSBIAS taxon details
Alexandrium Halim, 1960
109470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:109470)
accepted
Genus
- Species Alexandrium affine (H.Inoue & Y.Fukuyo) Balech, 1995
- Species Alexandrium catenella (Whedon & Kofoid) Balech, 1985
- 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 taylori Balech, 1994 accepted as Alexandrium taylorii Balech, 1994
marine, brackish
Halim Y. (1960). Alexandrium minutum, n. gen. n. sp. dinoflagellé provocant des “eaux rouges”. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 11: 102-105. [details] Available for editors 
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). 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: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109470 on 2026-04-08
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Alexandrium Halim, 1960. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109470 on 2026-04-08
Date
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2006-07-10 07:18:51Z
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Camba Reu, Cibran
2006-07-12 06:39:56Z
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Camba Reu, Cibran
original description
Halim Y. (1960). Alexandrium minutum, n. gen. n. sp. dinoflagellé provocant des “eaux rouges”. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 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]). <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 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. <em>Acta Bot. Croat.</em> 64(1): 129-212. [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 Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]). <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 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. <em>Acta Bot. Croat.</em> 64(1): 129-212. [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 Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 47-53 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Published in AlgaeBase 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alexandrium)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alexandrium)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon
Image from typetaxon
Unreviewed
