Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Alexandrium minutum
Goniodomataceae
Alexandrium minutum Halim , legitimate, scientific
Halim, Y. (1960), Alexandrium minutum nov. g. nov. sp. dinoflagelle provocant des 'eaux rouges'. Vie et Milieu 11: 102-105 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Port of Alexandria, Egypt. Mediterranean Sea.
Hallegraeff, G.M., Steffensen, D.A. & Wetherbee, R. (1988), Three estuarine Australian dinoflagellates that can produce paralytic shellfish poisons. J. Plankton Res 10: 533–541 [secondary reference]
Hallegraeff, G.M., Bolch, C.J.[S.], Blackburn, S.I. & Oshima, Y. (1991), Species of the toxic dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium in southeastern Australian waters. Botanica Marina 34: 580, figs 2–9 [secondary reference]
Harlow, L.D., Koutoulis, A. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2007), S-adenosylmethionine synthetase genes from eleven marine dinoflagellates. Phycologia 46: 46–53 [secondary reference]
Touzet, N. & Raine, R. (2007), Discrimination of Alexandrium andersoni and A. minutum (Dinophyceae) using LSU rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes and flourescent whole-cell hybridization. Phycologia 2: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Alexandrium ibericum Balech legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alexandrium lusitanicum Balech legitimate
ABRS (2008), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008: - [secondary reference]
  • Habitat: Neritic, Benthic, Estuarine
  • Habit: Planktonic, Toxic strains
  • Graphic: Hallegraeff et al. 1991 Botanica Marina 34: figs 2-9 Faust & Gulledge 2002 Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 42: Pl. 3 figs 1-6
Hallegraeff, G.M., Bolch, C.J.S., Huisman, J.M. & de Salas, M.F. (2010), Planktonic dinoflagellates. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 145–212 [secondary reference]
McMinn, A., Bolch, C.J.S., de Salas, M.F. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Recent dinoflagellate cysts. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters: 260–292 [secondary reference]
McCarthy, P. (Comp.) (2012), Census of Australian Marine Dinoflagellates: - AAL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Alexandrium ibericum Balech legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alexandrium lusitanicum Balech legitimate
  • Comment: A producer of paralytic shellfish poisons (mainly gonyautoxin fractions) that can affect humans, mammals, birds and possibly fish [Hallegraeff et al., 2010]
  • Distribution: Known from the Swan River (W.A., since 1982), Bunbury, Port River (S.A., since 1986), Hopkins Estuary and Portland, Vic., and Shoalhaven (since 1993) and Newcastle, N.S.W. (since 1997) [Hallegraeff et al., 2010]; also in Qld
  • Ex.distribution: Brazil, U.S.A. (New York), British Isles, France, Denmark, Portugal, Mediterranean Sea (Spain, Tunisia, Italy, Turkey, Egypt), South Africa, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand
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