Gambierdiscus honu L.Rhodes, K.F.Smith & Sh.Murray 2017
Publication Details
Gambierdiscus honu L.Rhodes, K.F.Smith & Sh.Murray 2017: 63, fig. 2
Published in: Rhodes, L., Smith, K.F., Verma, A., Curley, B.G., Harwood, D.T., Murray, S., Kohli, G.S., Solomona, D., Rongo, T., Munday, R. & Murray, S.A. (2017). A new species of Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) from the south-west Pacific: Gambierdiscus honu sp. nov. Harmful Algae 65: 61-70, 6 fig., 6 tables.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gambierdiscus is Gambierdiscus toxicus R.Adachi & Y.Fukuyo.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Kermadec Islands: Meyer Islands (29 14.485S, 177 52.717W); (INA 1996) Type: 2015; CICCM, Cawthron Inst., Nelson, New Zealand; SEM stub 73 (Horiguch & Chihara 1987)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 January 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 13 June 2024
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Nomenclatural note
Epithet is indeclinable noun meaning turtle in Pacific islands languages [INA]. - (13 June 2024) - M.D. Guiry
Usage note
Harmful species (Wang & al. 2022). The species can be toxic (putative maitotoxin-3 analogue, Rhodes & al. 2017); containing maitotoxins (Munday & al. 2017). See Hoppenrath & al. (2023: 136). - (19 July 2022) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 June 2025
