Pseudo-nitzschia seriata (Cleve) H.Peragallo
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Bacillariophycidae
Superorder Bacillarianae
Order Bacillariales
Family Bacillariaceae
Genus Pseudo-nitzschia
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A chain of cells seen in valve view.. © Robin Raine (Robin.Raine@nuigalway.ie).
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A common, truly planktonic pennate diatom. Valve view.. © Robin Raine (Robin.Raine@nuigalway.ie).

A common, truly planktonic pennate diatom. Girdle view.. © Robin Raine (Robin.Raine@nuigalway.ie).
Publication details
Pseudo-nitzschia seriata (Cleve) H.Peragallo in H.Peragallo & M.Peragallo 1899: 300, pl. 72: fig. 28
Original publication: Peragallo, H. & Peragallo, M. (1897-1908). Diatomées marines de France et des districts maritimes voisins. pp. 1-491 + 1-48 . Grez-sur-Loing: J. Tempère, Micrographe-Editeur.
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Type species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Pseudo-nitzschia.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Nitzschia seriata Cleve
Type information
Lectotype locality: Tindingen, Greenland (Hasle & Lundholm 2005: 614).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Nitzschia seriata Cleve 1883
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Nitzschia seriata Cleve)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Varela 1982).
(as Pseudo-nitzschia seriata (Cleve) H.Peragallo)
Europe: Denmark (Hasle & Lundholm 2005, Lundholm et al 2006), Ireland (Cusack, Raine, & Patching 2004), Norway (Hasle & Lundholm 2005).
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Anon 2011), Greenland (Hasle & Lundholm 2005).
North America: Nova Scotia (Kim, Garbary & McLachlan 2004).
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).
South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).
Key references
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. & Lundholm, N. (2005). Pseudo-nitzschia seriata f. obtusa (Bacillariophyceae) raised in tank based on morphological, phylogenetic and distributional data. Phycologia 44: 608-619.
Hasle, G.R. & Syvertsen, E.E. (1996). Marine diatoms. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 5-385. San Diego: Academic Press.
Kim, K.Y., Garbary D.J. & McLachlan, J.L. (2004). Phytoplankton dynamics in Pomquet Harbour, Nova Scotia: a lagoon in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Phycologia 43: 311-328.
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.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Pseudo-nitzschia&species=seriata
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=seriata
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 24 July 2011 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 3367 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Fehling, J., Davidson, K., Bolch, C.J. & Bates, S.S. (2004). Growth and domoic acid production by Pseudo-nitzschia seriata (Bacillariophyceae) under phosphate and silicate limitation. Journal of Phycology 40: 674-683.
Fehling, J., Green, D.H., Davidson, K., Bolch, C.J. & Bates, S.S. (2004). Domoic acid production by Pseudo-nitzschia seriata (Bacillariophyceae) in Scottish waters. Journal of Phycology 40: 622-630.
Hasle, G.R. & Lundholm, N. (2005). Pseudo-nitzschia seriata f. obtusa (Bacillariophyceae) raised in tank based on morphological, phylogenetic and distributional data. Phycologia 44: 608-619.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:82669




