Gonyaulacaceae
Lingulodinium polyedrum (F.Stein) J.D.Dodge
, legitimate, scientific
[Dodge, J.D. (1989), Some revisions of the family Gonyaulacaceae (Dinophyceae) based on a scanning electron microscope study. Botanica Marina 32]:
291, figs 1H, 34–38
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Gonyaulax polyedra F.Stein
legitimate
[Throndsen, J., Hasle, G.R. & Tangen, K. (2003), Norsk Kystplankton Flora]:
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[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Gonyaulax polyedra F.Stein
legitimate
[ABRS (2008), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2008]:
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[secondary reference]
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Bohm 1936 Bishop Museum Bull No 137 p 33 indicates this is a widely distributed species.
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AMANI dist.:
Norway
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Habit:
Toxic strains
[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]
[McMinn, A., Bolch, C.J.S., de Salas, M.F. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010), Recent dinoflagellate cysts. Algae of Australia: Phytoplankton of Temperate Coastal Waters]:
260–292
[secondary reference]
[Adjani, P., Ingleton, T., Pritchard, T. & Armand, L. (2011), Microalgal blooms in the coastal waters of New South Wales, Australia. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 133]:
15–31
[secondary reference]
[McCarthy, P. (Comp.) (2012), Census of Australian Marine Dinoflagellates]:
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AAL
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Gonyaulax polyedra F.Stein
legitimate
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A bloom-forming, bioluminescent species
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Distribution:
Warm-temperate lagoons and estuaries in eastern Australia (N.S.W., Port Hacking, off Sydney); rare in offshore samples from Vic.; not known from Tas. [Hallegraeff et al., 2010]
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Ex.distribution:
Southern Chile, Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.A. (California), Mauritania, Canary Islands, British Isles, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea