Alexandrium margalefii Balech

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Dinophyta
Class Dinophyceae
Order Gonyaulacales
Family Goniodomataceae
Genus Alexandrium

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Publication details
Alexandrium margalefii Balech in Hallegraeff et al. 1994: 580, figs 10-16, nom. inval.

Original publication: Hallegraeff, G.M., Bolch, C.J., Blackburn, S.I. & Oshima, Y. (1991). Species of the toxigenic dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium in southeastern Australian waters. Botanica Marina 34: 575-587, 51 figs, 3 tables.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Alexandrium is Alexandrium minutum Halim.

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

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Alexandrium margalefii Balech)
Europe: Balearic Islands (Penna et al. 2008), Denmark (Hansen, Daugbjerg & Franco 2003, Leaw et al 2005), Italy (Penna et al. 2008), Sweden (Lundholm et al. 2011 ).

North America: Mexico (Band-Schmidt et al 2003).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Leaw et al 2005, Chang et al. 2012).

Source of synonymy
Steidinger, K.A. & Tangen, K. (1996). Dinoflagellates. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 387-584. San Diego: Academic Press.

Key references
Band-Schmidt, C.J., Lilly, E.L. & Anderson, D.M. (2003). Identification of Alexandrium affine and A. margalefii (Dinophyceae) using DNA sequencing and LSU and rDNA-based RFLP-PCR assays. Phycologia 42: 261-268.

Ellegaard, M., Daugbjerg, N., Rochon, A., Lewis, J. & Harding, I. (2003). Morphological and LSU rDNA sequence variation wihin the Gonyaulax spinifer-Spiniferites group (Dinophyceae) and proposal of G. elongata comb. nov. and G. membranacea comb. nov. Phycologia 42(2): 151-164, 54 figs, 4 tables.

Kim, K.-Y., Yoshida, M. & Kim, C.-H. (2005). Molecular phylogeny of three hitherto unreported Alexandrium species: Alexandrium hiranoi, Alexandrium leei and Alexandrium satoanum (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae) inferred from the 18S and 26S rDNA sequence data. Phycologia 44: 361-368.

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.

Lindberg, K., Moestrup, Ø & Daugbjerg, N. (2005). Studies on woloszynskioid dinoflagellates I: Woloszynskia coronata re-examined using light and electron microscopy and partial LSU rDNA sequences, with description of Tovellia gen. nov. and Jadwigia gen. nov. (Tovelliaceae fam. nov.). Phycologia 44: 416-440.

Penna, A., Fraga, S., Masó, M., Giacobbe, M.G., Bravo, I., Garcés, E., Vila, M., Bertozzini, E., Adreoni, F., Lugliè, A. & Vernesi, C. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships among the Mediterranean Alexandrium (Dinophyceae) species based on sequences of 5.8S gene and Internal Transcript Spacers of the rRNA operon. European Journal of Phycology 43(2): 163-178, 25 figs, 3 tables.

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

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=margalefii

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 24 March 2011 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 533 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.)

Band-Schmidt, C.J., Lilly, E.L. & Anderson, D.M. (2003). Identification of Alexandrium affine and A. margalefii (Dinophyceae) using DNA sequencing and LSU and rDNA-based RFLP-PCR assays. Phycologia 42: 261-268.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=40296

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy 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 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:52017