Karlodinium ballantinum
Appearance
Karlodinium ballantinum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Myzozoa |
Superclass: | Dinoflagellata |
Class: | Dinophyceae |
Order: | Gymnodiniales |
Family: | Kareniaceae |
Genus: | Karlodinium |
Species: | K. ballantinum
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Binomial name | |
Karlodinium ballantinum de Salas
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Karlodinium ballantinum is a species of unarmored dinoflagellates from the genus Karlodinium. It was first isolated from the Australian region of the Southern Ocean. It is small-sized and is characterized by its very short apical groove. It is considered potentially ichthyotoxic.[1]
References
- ^ de Salas, Miguel F.; Laza-Martínez, Aitor; Hallegraeff, Gustaaf M. (2008). "Novel Unarmored Dinoflagellates from the Toxigenic Family Kareniaceae (Gymnodiniales): Five New Species Ofkarlodiniumand One Newtakayamafrom the Australian Sector of the Southern Ocean". Journal of Phycology. 44 (1): 241–257. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00458.x. ISSN 0022-3646. PMID 27041059. S2CID 25477095.
Further reading
- Mooney, Ben D.; Hallegraeff, Gustaaf M.; Place, Allen R. (2010). "Ichthyotoxicity of four species of gymnodinioid dinoflagellates (Kareniaceae, Dinophyta) and purified karlotoxins to larval sheepshead minnow". Harmful Algae. 9 (6): 557–562. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2010.04.005.
- Siano, Raffaele; et al. (2009). "Unarmoured and thin-walled dinoflagellates from the Gulf of Naples, with the description of Woloszynskia cincta sp. nov. (Dinophyceae, Suessiales)". Phycologia. 48 (1): 44–65. doi:10.2216/08-61.1. S2CID 86169331.
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