Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Cleve) Heiden

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Superorder Bacillarianae
Order Bacillariales
Family Bacillariaceae
Genus Pseudo-nitzschia

Publication details
Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Cleve) Heiden in Heiden & Kolbe 1928: 672

Original publication: Heiden, H. & Kolbe, R.W. (1928). Die marinen Diatomeen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar Expedition 8 (Botany): 447-715.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pseudo-nitzschia is Pseudo-nitzschia seriata (Cleve) H.Peragallo.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Nitzschia delicatissima Cleve

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Homoeocladia delicatissima (Cleve) Meunier
Nitzschia delicatissima Cleve 1897

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Nitzschia actydrophila Hasle 1965

General environment
This is a marine species.

Usage notes
Harmful species

Distribution by country

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Nitzschia delicatissima Cleve)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Varela 1982).

Asia: Taiwan (Anon. 2012).

(as Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Cleve) Heiden)
Europe: Britain (Quijano-Scheggia et al. 2009), Denmark (Hasle & Lundholm 2005, Lundholm et al 2006, Quijano-Scheggia et al. 2009), Greece (Moschandreou & Nikolaidis 2010), Ireland (Cusack, Raine, & Patching 2004), Italy (Amato et al 2005, Caroppo et al. 2005, Lundholm et al 2006, Quijano-Scheggia et al. 2009), Portugal (Lundholm et al 2006, Quijano-Scheggia et al. 2009), Spain (Amato et al 2005, Quijano-Scheggia et al. 2009, Zapata et al. 2011).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Anon 2011).

North America: Mexico (Lundholm et al 2006, Quijano-Scheggia et al. 2009).

South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).

Asia: Hong Kong (Lundholm et al 2006), Japan (Lundholm et al 2006, Quijano-Scheggia et al. 2009).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012), Tasmania (Lundholm et al 2006, Quijano-Scheggia et al. 2009).

Key references
Amato, A., Orsini, L., D'Alelio, D. & Montresor, M. (2005). Life cycle, size reduction patterns, and ultrastructure of the pennate planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Bacillariophyceae) . Journal of Phycology 41: 542-556.

Bérard-Therriault, L., Poulin, M. & Bossé, L. (1999). Guide d'identification du phytoplancton marin de l'estuaire et du Golfe du Saint-Laurent incluant également certains protozoaires. Publication Spéciale Canadienne des Sciences Halieutiques et Aquatiques 128: 1-387.

Hallegraeff, G.M., Anderson, D.M. & Cembella, A.D., Eds (2003). Manual on harmful marine microalgae. Paris: UNESCO.

Hasle, G.R. & Syvertsen, E.E. (1996). Marine diatoms. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 5-385. San Diego: Academic Press.

Jameson, I. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010). Planktonic diatoms. In: Algae of Australia. Phytoplankton of temperate waters. (Hallegraeff, G.M., Bolch, C.J.S., Hill, D.R.A., Jameson, I, LeRoi, J.-M., McMinn, A., Murray, S., de Salas, M.F. & Saunders, K. Eds), pp. 16-82. Canberra & Melbourne: ABRS; CSIRO Publishing.

Lundholm, N., Moestrup, O., Kotaki, Y., Hoef-Emden, K., Scholin, C. & Miller, P. (2006). Inter- and intraspecific variation of the Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima-complex (Bacillariophyceae) illustrated by rRNA probes, morphological data and phylogenetic analyses. Journal of Phycology 42: 464-481.

Moschandreou, K.K. & Nikolaidis, G. (2010). The genus Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) in Greek coastal waters. Botanica Marina 53(2): 159-172.

Moschandreou, K.K., Baxevanis, A.D., Katikou, P., Papaefthimiou, D., Nikolaidis, G. & Abatzopoulos, T.J. (2012). Inter- and intra-specific diversity of Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) in the northeastern Mediterranean. European Journal of Phycology 47(3): 321-339.

Thessen, A.E., Dortch, Q., Parsons, M.L. & Morrison, W. 2005 (2005). Effect of salinity on Pseudo-nitzschia species (Bacillariophyceae) growth and distribution . Journal of Phycology 41: 21-29.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Pseudo-nitzschia&species=delicatissima

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Pseudo-nitzschia&Species=delicatissima

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 08 October 2012 by Wendy Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Amato, A., Orsini, L., D'Alelio, D. & Montresor, M. (2005). Life cycle, size reduction patterns, and ultrastructure of the pennate planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Bacillariophyceae) . Journal of Phycology 41: 542-556.
Caroppo, C, Congestri, R., Bracchini, L. & Albertano, P. (2005). On the presence of Pseudo-nitzschia calliantha Lundholm, Moestrup et Hasle and Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Cleve) Heiden in the Southern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea, Italy). Journal of Plankton Research 27: 763-774.
Lundholm, N., Moestrup, O., Kotaki, Y., Hoef-Emden, K., Scholin, C. & Miller, P. (2006). Inter- and intraspecific variation of the Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima-complex (Bacillariophyceae) illustrated by rRNA probes, morphological data and phylogenetic analyses. Journal of Phycology 42: 464-481.
Quijano-Scheggia, S.I., Garcés, E., Lundholm, N., Moestrup, O., Andree, K. & Camp, J. (2009). Morphology, physiology, molecular phylogeny and sexual compatibility of the cryptic Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima complex (Bacillariophyta), including the description of P. arenysensis sp. nov.. Phycologia 48(6): 492-509.

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