Dinophysis sacculus
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Dinophysiales
Family:
Dinophysaceae
Genus:
Dinophysis
Species:
sacculus
Synonym(s):
Dinophysis reniformis Schröder 1906
Dinophysis pavillardii Schröder 1906
Dinophysis ventrecta Schiller 1933
Dinophysis phaseola E.S.Silva 1952
Diagnosis
Bloom: No
Toxicity: Yes_DSP (This species has been found to produce okadaic acid)
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dinophysis is Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg.
Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen
Type locality: Mediterranean Sea: Adriatic Sea, Quarnero, Italy (Faust & Gulledge 2002: 33)
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
kleptoplastidy
Predatory
Mode of locomotion
Two flagella typical for Dinophyceae
Flagellum: 2
Motility: motile_swimming
Reference(s)
Attached phylogeny
Observation site(s)
SYMBIONTS
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Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Parvilucifera sp. | Catalunya | Harbor of Tarragona | (1999) |