The Australian Algae Name Index (AANI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with algae names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. AANI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian Algae, please use the Australian Algae List (AAL) link above.
Showing Alexandrium tamarense
- AAL
- Eukaryota(reg.)
- Dinophyta(div.)
- Dinophyceae(cl.)
- Peridiniphycidae(subcl.)
- Gonyaulacales(ordo)
- Goniodomataceae(fam.)
- Alexandrium(gen.)
- tamarense(sp.)
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AMANI dist.: Tasmania, Western Australia (temperate), Australian Antarctic Territory, Southern Ocean, Norway, British waters, Nthn Japan, Hong Kong -
Graphic: Hallegraeff et al 1991:figs 33-42; McMinn 2004 fig 3.13 -
Habit: Toxic strains -
Habitat: Neritic
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Comment: A potentially toxic, bloom-forming species. Incorrectly reported from the southern Ocean and Antarctica by McMinn & Scott [2005, fide Hallegraeff et al. (2010)] -
Distribution: Coral Sea, Vic. (Port Phillip Bay), Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia (temperate), Australian Antarctic Territory, Southern Ocean -
Ex.distribution: U.S.A., Canada (Nova Scotia, Quebec), Faeroe Islands, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, South Africa, Thailand, Malaysia, China, South Korea, Japan, far-eastern Russia, Coral Sea, New Zealand