Alexandrium angustitabulatum F.J.R.Taylor

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

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Publication details
Alexandrium angustitabulatum F.J.R.Taylor 1995: 28, pl. II: figs 16-30, nom. illeg.

Original publication: Balech, E. (1995). The genus Alexandrium Halim (Dinoflagellata). pp. 1-151. Sherkin Island: Sherkin Island Marine Station.
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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

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

Usage notes
The species is found in New Zealand where it may produced red tides and toxicity (Balech, 1995: 28). Harmful species

Type information
New Zealand (Balech 1995: 28).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Alexandrium angustitabulatum F.J.R.Taylor)
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Chang et al. 2012).

Nomenclatural notes
Name is illegitimate because no type was designated nor was a latin diagnosis provided.

Key references
Hallegraeff, G.M., Anderson, D.M. & Cembella, A.D., Eds (2003). Manual on harmful marine microalgae. Paris: UNESCO.

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.

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=angustitabulatum

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=angustitabulatum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 15 February 2003 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 05 February 2010 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 652 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=58261

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
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.