Gambierdiscus pacificus

Gambierdiscus pacificus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Gonyaulacales
Family: Goniodomataceae
Genus: Gambierdiscus
Species: G. pacificus
Binomial name
Gambierdiscus pacificus
Chinain & Faust 1999

Gambierdiscus pacificus is a species of toxic (ciguatoxin- and maitotoxin-like toxicity) dinoflagellates. It is 67–77 μm long and 60–76 μm wide dorsoventrally and its surface is smooth. It is identified by a four-sided apical pore plate surrounded by 30 round pores. Its first plate occupies 20% of the width of the hypotheca.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Chinain, Mireille; Faust, Maria A.; Pauillac, Serge (1999). "MORPHOLOGY AND MOLECULAR ANALYSES OF THREE TOXIC SPECIES OF GAMBIERDISCUS (DINOPHYCEAE): G. PACIFICUS, SP. NOV., G. AUSTRALES, SP. NOV., AND G. POLYNESIENSIS, SP. NOV". Journal of Phycology. 35 (6): 1282–1296. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3561282.x. ISSN 0022-3646.

Further reading

  • Mai Anh, Nguyen Thi. "The morphology and growth characterizations of Gambierdiscus pacificus Chinain et Faust 1999." Journal of Biology 32.3 (2012): 36-43.
  • Caillaud, Amandine; de la Iglesia, Pablo; Barber, Esther; Eixarch, Helena; Mohammad-Noor, Normawaty; Yasumoto, T.; Diogène, Jorge (2011). "Monitoring of dissolved ciguatoxin and maitotoxin using solid-phase adsorption toxin tracking devices: Application to Gambierdiscus pacificus in culture". Harmful Algae. 10 (5): 433–446. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2011.02.004. ISSN 1568-9883.
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