Akashiwo sanguinea (K.Hirasaka) Gert Hansen & Moestrup 2000

Publication Details
Akashiwo sanguinea (K.Hirasaka) Gert Hansen & Moestrup 2000: 308

Published in: Daugbjerg, N., Hansen, G., Larsen, J. & Moestrup, Ø. (2000). Phylogeny of some of the major genera of dinoflagellates based on ultrastructure and partial LSU rDNA sequence data, including the erection of three new genera of unarmoured dinoflagellates. Phycologia 39: 302-317.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Akashiwo.

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

Basionym
Gymnodinium sanguineum K.Hirasaka

Type Information
Type locality: "Kozusa-ura, an inlet of the Gokasho Bay, near the entrance of the Gulf of Ise" [actually Konsa-ura, Gokasho Bay, Mie Prefecture,Japan]; (Faust & Gulledge 2002: 43) Notes: "About the type locality, "Kozusa-ura" is a misreading of Chinese characters by Hirasaka (1922). The correct place name is "Konsa-ura". (Masahiro Suzuki pers. comm. July 2024).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), blood-red (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 May 2024

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A red tide organism (Park & Kim 2010), forming harmful algal blooms (HABs) in marine estuaries from temperate to tropical waters, and has posed a severe threat to fish, shellfish, and sea birds. - (16 September 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 April 2025

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