Alexandrium affine
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Gonyaulacales
Family:
Goniodomataceae
Genus:
Alexandrium
Species:
affine
Synonym(s):
Basionym: Protogonyaulax affinis H.Inoue & Y.Fukuyo
Etymology
Adjective B (Latin), neighbouring, allied to, akin to (Stearn 1973).
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Alexandrium is Alexandrium minutum Halim.
Ecology
Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
pH: neutral
Feeding: Photosynthetic
Life cycle
Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual_binary
Reproduction_mode: sexual_heterothallic
Resting_stage: cysts_sexual
Resting_stage: cysts_asexual
Feeding behaviour
Photosynthetic
Mode of locomotion
Two flagella typical for Dinophyceae
Flagellum: 2
Motility: motile_swimming
Attached phylogeny
Observation site(s)
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