Gambierdiscus pacificus is a species of toxic (ciguatoxin- and maitotoxin-like toxicity) dinoflagellate. It is 67–77 μm long and 60–76 μm wide dorsoventrally and its surface is smooth. It is identified by a four-sided apical pore plate surrounded by 30 round pores. Its first plate occupies 20% of the width of the hypotheca.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Myzozoa |
| Superclass: | Dinoflagellata |
| Class: | Dinophyceae |
| Order: | Gonyaulacales |
| Family: | Ostreopsidaceae |
| Genus: | Gambierdiscus |
| Species: | G. pacificus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gambierdiscus pacificus Chinain & Faust, 1999
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References edit
- ^ Chinain, Mireille; Faust, Maria A.; Pauillac, Serge (1999). "MORPHOLOGY AND MOLECULAR ANALYSES OF THREE TOXIC SPECIES OF GAMBIERDISCUS (DINOPHYCEAE): G. PACIFICUS, SP. NOV., G. AUSTRALES, SP. NOV., AND G. POLYNESIENSIS, SP. NOV". Journal of Phycology. 35 (6): 1282–1296. Bibcode:1999JPcgy..35.1282C. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3561282.x. ISSN 0022-3646. S2CID 84382012.
Further reading edit
- Mai Anh, Nguyen Thi. "The morphology and growth characterizations of Gambierdiscus pacificus Chinain et Faust 1999." Journal of Biology 32.3 (2012): 36-43.
- Caillaud, Amandine; de la Iglesia, Pablo; Barber, Esther; Eixarch, Helena; Mohammad-Noor, Normawaty; Yasumoto, T.; Diogène, Jorge (2011). "Monitoring of dissolved ciguatoxin and maitotoxin using solid-phase adsorption toxin tracking devices: Application to Gambierdiscus pacificus in culture". Harmful Algae. 10 (5): 433–446. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2011.02.004. ISSN 1568-9883.
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