Goniodomataceae
Alexandrium tamarense (M.Lebour) Balech
, legitimate, scientific
[Balech (1995), Genus Alexandrium]:
38, pl. 6, figs 1–40; pl. 7, figs 1–9
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Gonyaulax tamarensis M.Lebour
legitimate
[McMinn, A. & Scott, F.J. (2005), Dinoflagellates. Antarctic Marine Protists]:
202–250
[secondary reference]
[Harlow, L.D., Koutoulis, A. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2007), S-adenosylmethionine synthetase genes from eleven marine dinoflagellates. Phycologia 46]:
46–53
[secondary reference]
[ABRS (2008), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008]:
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[secondary reference]
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AMANI dist.:
Tasmania, Western Australia (temperate), Australian Antarctic Territory, Southern Ocean, Norway, British waters, Nthn Japan, Hong Kong
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Graphic:
Hallegraeff et al 1991:figs 33-42; McMinn 2004 fig 3.13
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Habit:
Toxic strains
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Habitat:
Neritic
[Hallegraeff, G.M., Bolch, C.J.S., Huisman, J.M. & de Salas, M.F. (2010), Planktonic dinoflagellates. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters]:
145–212
[secondary reference]
[McCarthy, P. (Comp.) (2012), Census of Australian Marine Dinoflagellates]:
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[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Gonyaulax tamarensis M.Lebour
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gonyaulax tamarensis var. excavata Braarud
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gonyaulax excavata (Braarud) Balech
legitimate
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A potentially toxic, bloom-forming species. Incorrectly reported from the southern Ocean and Antarctica by McMinn & Scott [2005, fide Hallegraeff et al. (2010)]
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Distribution:
Coral Sea, Vic. (Port Phillip Bay), Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia (temperate), Australian Antarctic Territory, Southern Ocean
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Ex.distribution:
U.S.A., Canada (Nova Scotia, Quebec), Faeroe Islands, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, South Africa, Thailand, Malaysia, China, South Korea, Japan, far-eastern Russia, Coral Sea, New Zealand
[Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2021), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org]:
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AAL
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Gonyaulax tamarensis M.Lebour
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Gessnerium tamarensis (M.Lebour) A.R.Loebl. & L.A.Loebl.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Protogonyaulax tamarensis (M.Lebour) F.J.R.Taylor
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gonyaulax tamarensis var. excavata Braarud
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gonyaulax excavata (Braarud) Balech
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alexandrium excavatum (Braarud) Balech & Tangen
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Alexandrium tamarense f. excavatum (Braarud) Konovalova
nom. illeg.