Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima (Hasle) Hasle
Publication details
Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima (Hasle) Hasle 1993: 319
Original publication: Hasle, G.R. (1993). Nomenclatural notes on marine planktonic diatoms. The family Bacillariaceae. In: P.A. Sims (ed.), Progress in diatom studies, Contributions to taxonomy, ecology and nomenclature. Special volume in honour of Robert Ross on the occasion of his 80th Birthday. Nova Hedwigia, Beiheft 106: 315-321.
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 pseudodelicatissima Hasle
Type information
Type locality: Denmark Strait (Silva 1996-to date). Type: 24.v.1988; Institute of Marine Biology, B, Univ. of Oslo Slide no. 23 (Silva 1996-to date
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Nitzschia pseudodelicatissima Hasle 1976
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Nitzschia delicatula Hasle 1965
General environment
This is a marine species.
Usage notes
Harmful species
Associated with the production of the neurotoxin domoic acid, causative agent of amnesic shellfish poisoning. - (25 May 2010) - Wendy Guiry
Description
Emended by Lundholm, Hasle & Moestrup (2003: 801).
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima (Hasle) Hasle)
Europe: Crimea (Davidovich & Bates 1998 
), France (Bornet et al 2005, Anon. 2012), Greece (Moschandreou et al. 2010, Moschandreou & Nikolaidis 2010), Ireland (Cusack, Raine, & Patching 2004), Italy (Lundholm, Moestrup, Hasle & Hoef-Emden, 2003, Lundholm, Moestrup, Hasle & Hoef-Emden, 2003, Zapata et al. 2011), Portugal (Lundholm, Moestrup, Hasle & Hoef-Emden, 2003, Lundholm, Moestrup, Hasle & Hoef-Emden, 2003, Hasle & Lundholm 2005, Lundholm et al 2006).
Atlantic Islands: Iceland (Lundholm, Moestrup, Hasle & Hoef-Emden, 2003).
North America: California (Miller & Scholin 1996, Scholin, Marin, Miller, Doucette, Powell, Haydock, Howard & Ray 1999), Massachusetts (Davidovich & Bates 1998).
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.
Bornet, B., Antoine, E., Françoise, S. & Marcaillou-Le Baut, C. (2005). Development of sequence characterized amplified region markers from intersimple sequence repeat fingerprints for the molecular detection of toxic phytoplankton Alexandrium catenella (Dinophyceae) and Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima (Bacillariophyceae) from French coastal waters. Journal of Phycology 41: 704-711.
Davidovich, N.A. & Bates, S.S. (1998). Sexual reproduction in the pennate diatoms Pseudo-Nitzschia multiseries and P. pseudodelicatissima (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Phycology 34: 126-137, 7 figs, 3 tables.
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.
Lundholm, N., Moestrup, O., Hasle, G.R. & Hoef-Emden, K. (2003). A study of the Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima/cuspidata complex (Baccillariophyceae): what is P. pseudodelicatissima?. Journal of Phycology 39: 797-813.
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., Papaefthimiou, D., Katikou, P., Kalopesa, E., Panou, A. & Nikolaidis, G. (2010). Morphology, phylogeny and toxin analysis of Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima (Bacillariophyceae) isolated from the Thermaikos Gulf, Greece. Phycologia 49(3): 260-273.
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=pseudodelicatissima
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=pseudodelicatissima
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 27 April 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. & Montresor, M. (2008). Morphology, phylogeny, and sexual cycle of Pseudo-nitzschia mannii sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae): a pseudo-cryptic species within th P. pseudodelicatissima complex. Phycologia 47(5): 487-497, 14 figs, 3 tables.
Auro, M.E. & Cochlan, W.P. (2013). Nitrogen utilization and toxin production by two diatoms of the Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima complex: P. cuspidata and P. fryxelliana. Journal of Phycology 49(1): 156-169.
Bornet, B., Antoine, E., Françoise, S. & Marcaillou-Le Baut, C. (2005). Development of sequence characterized amplified region markers from intersimple sequence repeat fingerprints for the molecular detection of toxic phytoplankton Alexandrium catenella (Dinophyceae) and Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima (Bacillariophyceae) from French coastal waters. Journal of Phycology 41: 704-711.
Davidovich, N.A. & Bates, S.S. (1998). Sexual reproduction in the pennate diatoms Pseudo-Nitzschia multiseries and P. pseudodelicatissima (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Phycology 34: 126-137, 7 figs, 3 tables.
Lundholm, N., Moestrup, O., Hasle, G.R. & Hoef-Emden, K. (2003). A study of the Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima/cuspidata complex (Baccillariophyceae): what is P. pseudodelicatissima?. Journal of Phycology 39: 797-813.
Lundholm, N., Skov, J., Pocklington, R. & Moestrup, Ø. (1997). Studies on the marine planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia. 2. Autecology of P. pseudodelicatissima based on isolates from Danish coastal waters. Phycologia 36: 381-388, 5 figs, 2 tables.
Moschandreou, K.K., Papaefthimiou, D., Katikou, P., Kalopesa, E., Panou, A. & Nikolaidis, G. (2010). Morphology, phylogeny and toxin analysis of Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima (Bacillariophyceae) isolated from the Thermaikos Gulf, Greece. Phycologia 49(3): 260-273.
Skov, J., Lundholm, N., Pocklington, R., Rosendahl, S. & Moestrup, Ø. (1997). Studies on the marine planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia. I. Isozyme variation among isolates of P. pseudodelicatissima during a bloom in Danish coastal waters. Phycologia 36: 374-380, 7 figs, 2 tables.
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