Karlodinium ballantinum
| Karlodinium ballantinum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | SAR |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Myzozoa |
| Superclass: | Dinoflagellata |
| Class: | Dinophyceae |
| Order: | Gymnodiniales |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Karlodinium |
| Species: | K. ballantinum
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| Binomial name | |
| Karlodinium ballantinum de Salas, 2008
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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]
References[]
- ^ de Salas, Miguel F.; Laza-Martínez, Aitor; Hallegraeff, Gustaaf M. (2008). "NOVEL UNARMORED DINOFLAGELLATES FROM THE TOXIGENIC FAMILY KARENIACEAE (GYMNODINIALES): FIVE NEW SPECIES OFKARLODINIUMAND ONE NEWTAKAYAMAFROM THE AUSTRALIAN SECTOR OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN". Journal of Phycology. 44 (1): 241–257. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00458.x. ISSN 0022-3646. PMID 27041059.
Further reading[]
- 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. doi:10.2216/08-61.1.
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