Gambierdiscus polynesiensis is a species of toxic (ciguatoxin- and maitotoxin-like toxicity) dinoflagellate. It is 68–85 μm long and 64–75 μm wide dorsoventrally and its surface is smooth. It is identified by a large triangular apical pore plate, a narrow fish-hook opening surrounded by 38 round pores, and a large, broad posterior intercalary plate. Its first plate occupies 60% 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. polynesiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gambierdiscus polynesiensis 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- Anh, Mai; Thi, Nguyen (2012). "The morphology and growth characterizations of Gambierdiscus pacificus Chinain et Faust 1999". Journal of Biology. 32 (3): 36–43.
- Neilan, Brett; Nishimura, Tomohiro; Sato, Shinya; Tawong, Wittaya; Sakanari, Hiroshi; Uehara, Keita; Shah, Md Mahfuzur Rahman; Suda, Shoichiro; Yasumoto, Takeshi; Taira, Yohsuke; Yamaguchi, Haruo; Adachi, Masao (2013). "Genetic Diversity and Distribution of the Ciguatera-Causing Dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus spp. (Dinophyceae) in Coastal Areas of Japan". PLOS ONE. 8 (4): e60882. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...860882N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060882. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3623954. PMID 23593339.
- Rossini, Gian Paolo, ed. Toxins and Biologically Active Compounds from Microalgae. Vol. 1. CRC Press, 2014.
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