Dinophysis acuta
Diagnosis
Bloom:No
Toxicity: Yes_DSP (Toxic species which produces okadaic acid and Dinophysistoxin-1)
Etymology
Adjective A (Latin), acute, pointed; i.e. narrowing gradually and making an angle of less than 90° (Stearn 1973).
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dinophysis is Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg.
Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen
Type locality: Mediterranean Sea: Gulf of Lion, France (Faust & Gulledge 2002: 25)
Ecology
Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
pH: neutral
Feeding: Kleptoplastidy
Feeding: Predatory
Life cycle
Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual_binary
Feeding behaviour
Mode of locomotion
Reference(s)
Attached phylogeny
Observation site(s)
SYMBIONTS
Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Parvilucifera infectans | Kristineberg Marine Research Station |
Parvilucifera infectans norén et moestrup gen. et sp. nov. (perkinsozoa phylum nov.): a parasitic flagellate capable of killing toxic microalgae. European Journal of Protistology 35:233 - 254. doi: 10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80001-7 (1999) |
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Parvilucifera infectans | Skagerrak A |
Distribution of the dinoflagellate parasite Parvilucifera infectans (Perkinsozoa) along the Swedish coast. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 43:289-302. (2006) |
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Parvilucifera infectans | Skagerrak B |
Distribution of the dinoflagellate parasite Parvilucifera infectans (Perkinsozoa) along the Swedish coast. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 43:289-302. (2006) |