Alexandrium (dinoflagellate)

Alexandrium
Alexandrium minutum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Gonyaulacales
Family: Ostreopsidaceae
Genus:
Halim, 1960
Species
  • Alexandrium acatenella
  • Alexandrium affine
  • Alexandrium andersonii
  • Alexandrium australiense
  • Alexandrium balechii
  • Alexandrium camurascutulum
  • Alexandrium catenella
  • Alexandrium cohorticula
  • Alexandrium compressum
  • Alexandrium concavum
  • Alexandrium depressum
  • Alexandrium diversaporum
  • Alexandrium foedum
  • Alexandrium fraterculus
  • Alexandrium gaarderae
  • Alexandrium globosum
  • Alexandrium hiranoi
  • Alexandrium insuetum
  • Alexandrium kutnerae
  • Alexandrium leei
  • Alexandrium margalefii
  • Alexandrium mediterraneum
  • Alexandrium minutum
  • Alexandrium monilatum
  • Alexandrium ostenfeldii
  • Alexandrium pacificum
  • Alexandrium pohangense
  • Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax
  • Alexandrium satoanum
  • Alexandrium tamarense
  • Alexandrium tamyavanichii
  • Alexandrium tamutum
  • Alexandrium taylorii
  • Alexandrium tropicale

Alexandrium is a genus of dinoflagellates. It contains some of the dinoflagellate species most harmful to humans, because it produces toxic harmful algal blooms (HAB) that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) in humans. There are about 30 species of Alexandrium that form a clade, defined primarily on morphological characters in their thecal plates.[1]

  1. ^ Murray, S.A., John, Uwe., Kremp, Anke. (2015): Alexandrium spp: genetic and ecological factors influencing saxitoxin production and proliferation. Climate Change and Marine and Freshwater Toxins. 123–139.
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