Karlodinium ballantinum

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]

Karlodinium ballantinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Myzozoa
Superclass: Dinoflagellata
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Gymnodiniales
Family: Kareniaceae
Genus: Karlodinium
Species:
K. ballantinum
Binomial name
Karlodinium ballantinum
de Salas

References edit

  1. ^ de Salas, Miguel F.; Laza-Martínez, Aitor; Hallegraeff, Gustaaf M. (2008). "Novel Unarmored Dinoflagellates from the Toxigenic Family Kareniaceae (Gymnodiniales): Five New Species of Karlodinium and One New Takayama from the Australian Sector of the Southern Ocean". Journal of Phycology. 44 (1): 241–257. Bibcode:2008JPcgy..44..241D. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00458.x. ISSN 0022-3646. PMID 27041059. S2CID 25477095.

Further reading edit

  • 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. Bibcode:2009Phyco..48...44S. doi:10.2216/08-61.1. S2CID 86169331.

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