Gambierdiscus caribaeus

Gambierdiscus caribaeus is a species of toxic dinoflagellates, which among others causes ciguatera fish poisoning. It is photosynthetic and epibenthic.[1]

Gambierdiscus caribaeus
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Goniodomataceae
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G. caribaeus
Binomial name
Gambierdiscus caribaeus
Litaker et al., 2009

References

  1. Litaker, R. Wayne; Vandersea, Mark W.; Faust, Maria A.; Kibler, Steven R.; Chinain, Mireille; Holmes, Michael J.; Holland, William C.; Tester, Patricia A. (2009). "Taxonomy of Gambierdiscus including four new species, Gambierdiscus caribaeus, Gambierdiscus carolinianus, Gambierdiscus carpenteri and Gambierdiscus ruetzleri (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae)". Phycologia. 48 (5): 344–390. doi:10.2216/07-15.1. ISSN 0031-8884.

Further reading

  • Jeong, Hae Jin, et al. "First report of the epiphytic dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus caribaeus in the temperate waters off Jeju Island, Korea: Morphology and molecular characterization." Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59.6 (2012): 637-650.
  • Litaker, R. Wayne, et al. "Global distribution of ciguatera causing dinoflagellates in the genus Gambierdiscus." Toxicon 56.5 (2010): 711-730.
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