Oxyrrhis marina Dujardin

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Protozoa
Subkingdom Biciliata
Infrakingdom Alveolata
Phylum Myzozoa
Class Dinophyceae
Order Oxyrrhinales
Family Oxyrrhinaceae
Genus Oxyrrhis

Publication details
Oxyrrhis marina Dujardin 1841: 347, pl. V: fig. 4

Original publication: Dujardin, F. (1841). Histoire naturelle des Zoophytes, Infusoires, comprenant la physiologie et la clasification de ces animaux et la manière de les étudier à l'aide du microscope. pp. i-xii, 1-684. Paris: Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret.
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Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Oxyrrhis.

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

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), growing in the sea (Stearn 1973).

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Oxyrrhis tentaculifera Conrad 1939
Oxyrrhis maritima Van Meel 1969

Type information
Type locality: Mediterranean (Dujardin 1841: 347). Notes: Iconotype: pl. V: fig. 4?

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Oxyrrhis marina Dujardin)
Europe: Britain (Parke & Dixon 1976), Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Alvárez Cobelas 1984).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003).

Asia: Korea (Jeong, et al. 2002).

(as Oxyrrhis tentaculifera Conrad)
Europe: Britain (Parke & Dixon 1976).

(as Oxyrrhis maritima Van Meel)
Europe: Britain (Parke & Dixon 1976).

Key references
Dodge, J.D. (1982). Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. pp. 303. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

Jeong, H.J., Kim, H.R., Kim, K.L., Kim, K.Y., Park, K.H., Kim, S.T., Yoo, Y.D., Song, J.Y., Kim, J.S., Seong, K.A., Yih, W.H., Pae, S.J., Lee, C.H., Huh, M.D. & Lee, S.H. (2002). NaOCl produced by electrolysis of natural seawater as a potential method to control marine red-tide dinoflagellates. Phycologia 41: 643-656.

Parke, M. & Dixon, P.S. (1976). Check-list of British marine algae - third revision. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56: 527-594.

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

UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture LB 1974 Oxyrrhis marina
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CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 1133/3 Oxyrrhis marina Dujardin
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NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
As of 2 June 2009, nucleotide sequence data are available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank for 192 samples identified as Oxyrrhis marina.

Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 02 November 2009 by M.D. 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.)

Clarke, K.J. & Pennick, N.C. (1972). Flagellar scales in Oxyrrhis marina Dujardin. British Phycological Journal 7: 357-360.
Clarke, K.J. & Pennick, N.C. (1976). The occurrence of body scales in Oxyrrhis marina Dujardin. British Phycological Journal 11: 345-348.
Dodge, J.D. & Crawford, R.M. (1971). Fine structure of the dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina II. The flagellar system. Protistologica 7: 399-409.
Dodge, J.D. & Crawford, R.M. (1974). Fine structure of the dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina III - Phagotrophy. Protistologica 10: 239-244.
Droop, M.R. & Pennock, J.F. (1971). Terpenoid quinones and steroids in the nutrition of Oxyrrhis marina. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 51: 455-470.
Droop, M.R. (1959). A note on some physical conditions for cultivating Oxyrrhis marina. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 38: 599-604.
Droop, M.R. (1959). Nutrition of Oxyrrhis marina Dujardin. British Phycological Bulletin 1(7): 27-28.
Droop, M.R. (1959). Water-soluble factors in the nutrition of Oxyrrhis marina. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 38: 605-620.
Höhfeld, I. & Melkonian, M. (1998). Lifting the curtain? The microtubular cytoskeleton of Oxyrrhis marina (Dinophyceae) and its rearrangement during Phagocytosis. Protist 149: , 75-88.
Höhfeld, I., Beech, P.L. & Melkonian, M. (1994). Immunolocalization of centrin in Oxyrrhis marina (Dinophyceae). Journal of Phycology 30: 474-489, 44 figs.
Kristiansen, J. (1974). Rødfarvring af Horn Sø ved Lemvig forårsaget af dinoflagellaten Oxyrrhis marina. Flora Fauna 80: 65-69.
Roberts, K.R. (1985). The flagellar apparatus of Oxyrrhis marina (Pyrrophyta). Journal of Phycology 21: 641-655, 42 figs.
Roberts, K.R., Rusche, M.L. & Taylor, F.J.R. (1993). The cortical microtubular cytoskeleton of Oxyrrhis marina (Dinophyceae) observed with immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. Journal of Phycology 29: 642 -649, 17 figs.
Triemer, R.E. (1982). A unique mitotic variation in the marine dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina (Pyrrophyta). Journal of Phycology 18: 399-411, 20 figs.