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Current Record: Alexandrium pacificum (Alexandrium catenella)
Alexandrium pacificum (Alexandrium catenella)
Alexandrium pacificum
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| Species name | Alexandrium pacificum |
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| Synonyms | Alexandrium catenella |
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| CICCM Code | CAWD44 |
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| Class | Dinophyceae |
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| Family | Goniodomataceae |
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| Country | New Zealand |
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| Locality | Tauranga |
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| Lat./Long | 37°39'S 176°10'E |
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| Habitat | Planktonic |
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| Collector | East Bay Health |
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| Collection date | 11/1997 |
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| Isolator | Lincoln MacKenzie, Janet Adamson |
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| Isolation date | 11/1997 |
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| Identified by | Lincoln MacKenzie |
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| Identification method | LM, SEM, DNA sequencing |
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| Growth conditions: Media | GP |
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| Growth conditions: Temperature | 18+/-1°C |
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| Growth conditions: L/d cycle | 12:12 |
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| Toxins/Toxicity | PSP toxin producer |
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| References | Ref. for species name changes: Formal Revision of the Alexandrium tamarense Species Complex (Dinophyceae) Taxonomy: The Introduction of Five Species with Emphasis on Molecular-based (rDNA) Classification. Protist, Vol. 165, 779-804, Dec.2014.(Obsolete earlier ref. Lincoln MacKenzie, Miguel de Salas, Janet Adamson, Veronica Beauzenberg 2003.
The dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium (Halim) in New Zealand coastal waters: comparative morphology , toxicity and molecular genetics. Harmful Algae 3: 71-92)
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| Other Comments | Isolators code: Tauranga-strain#2.
Collected and isolated in November 1997 - exact date not recorded.
Strain owned by NZFSA |
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| Availability | DNA and toxin extracts only |
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