Alexandrium lusitanicum Balech
Publication details
Alexandrium lusitanicum Balech in D.M.Anderson, A.W.White & D.G.Baden 1985: 1985: 37, fig. 16
Original publication: Anderson, D.M., White, A.M. & Baden, G. (1985). Toxic dinoflagellates. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Toxic Dinoflagellates, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, June 8-12, 1985. pp. i-xv, 1-561, figs. & tables numbered by article. New York, Amsterdam, Oxford: Elsevier.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Alexandrium is Alexandrium minutum Halim.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Alexandrium minutum Halim
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), belonging to Lusitania (western Spain; modern Portugal and parts of the Spanish provinces of Estremadura and Toledo) (Lewis & Short 1890).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Alexandrium lusitanicum Balech)
Europe: Portugal (Hansen, Daugbjerg & Franco 2003, Montresor et al., 2004 
), Spain (Casais Laiño 1990).
Taxonomic notes
Balech (1995: 27) regards this species as a currently accepted name and distince from Alexandrium minutum.
According to Costas et al. (1995: 806), their immunological detection, lectin binding patterns, and Lsu RNA sequencing results suggest that A. minutum and A. lusitanicum are the same genospecies and they propose that A. minutum and A. lusitanicum be considered synonymous. Leaw et al. (2005: 560) note that Hansen et al. (2003) suggested conspecificity among Alexandrium minutum, A. lusitanicum and A.angustitabulatum. According to McCauley et al. (2009: 461), their sequencing and microsatellite data provide no distinction between A. lusitanicum and A. minutum supporting the reclassification of A. lusitanicumas A. minutum, as was noted by Lilly et al. (2005). - (5 Feb 2010) - Wendy Guiry
Key references
Costas, E., Zardoya, R., Bautista, J., Garrido, A., Rojo, C. & López-Rodas, V. (1995). Morphospecies vs. genospecies in toxic marine dinoflagellates: an analysis of Gymnodinium catenatum/Gyrodinium impudicum and Alexandrium minutum/A. lusitanicum using antibodies, lectins, and gene sequences. Journal of Phycology 31: 801-807, 1 fig, 5 tables.
Faust, M.A. & Gulledge, R.A. (2002). Identifying harmful marine dinoflagellates. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 42: 1-144.
Leaw, C.P., Lim, P.T., Ng, B.K., Cheah, M.Y., Ahmad, A. & Usup, G. (2005). Phylogenetic analysis of Alexandrium species and Pyrodinium bahamense (Dinophyceae) based on theca morphology and nuclear ribosomal gene sequence. Phycologia 44: 550-565.
McCauley, L.A.R., Erdner, D.L., Nagai, S., Richlen, M.L. & Anderson, D.M. (2009). Biogeographic analysis of the globally distributed harmful algal bloom species Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae) on rRNA gene sequences and microsatellite markers. Journal of Phycology 45(2): 454-463, 3 figs, 1 table.
Steidinger, K.A. & Tangen, K. (1996). Dinoflagellates. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 387-584. San Diego: Academic Press.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Alexandrium&species=lusitanicum
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=Alexandrium&Species=lusitanicum
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 26 April 2011 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 604 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.)
Costas, E., Zardoya, R., Bautista, J., Garrido, A., Rojo, C. & López-Rodas, V. (1995). Morphospecies vs. genospecies in toxic marine dinoflagellates: an analysis of Gymnodinium catenatum/Gyrodinium impudicum and Alexandrium minutum/A. lusitanicum using antibodies, lectins, and gene sequences. Journal of Phycology 31: 801-807, 1 fig, 5 tables.
Plumley, F.G., Wei, Z., Toivanen, T.B., Doucette, G.J. & Franca, S. (1999). Tn5 mutagenesis of Pseudomonas stutzeri SF/PS, a bacterium associated with Alexandrium lusitanicum (Dinophyceae) and paralytic shellfish poisoning. Journal of Phycology 35: 1390-1396.
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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 19 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.
