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HABs taxon details
original description
(of Verrucophora farcimen Eikrem, Edvardsen & Throndsen, 2007) Edvardsen B., Eikrem W., Shalchian-Tabrizi K., Riisberg I., Johnsen G., Naustvoll L. & Throndsen J. 2007. <i>Verrucophora farcimen</i> gen. et sp. nov. (Dictyochophyceae, Heterokonta) - a bloom-forming ichthyotoxic flagellate from the Skagerrak, Norway. J. Phycol. 43, 1054-1070, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00390.x [details]
taxonomy source
Eikrem, W.; Edvardsen, B.; Throndsen, J. (2009). Research note: Renaming Verrucophora farcimen Eikrem, Edvardsen et Throndsen. <em>Phycological Research.</em> 57(3): 170-170., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2009.00535.x [details]
basis of record
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
additional source
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2024). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
additional source
Riisberg I. & Edvardsen B. 2008. Genetic variation in bloom-forming ichthyotoxic <i>Pseudochattonella</i> species (Dictyochophyceae, Heterokonta) using nuclear, mitochondrial and plastid DNA sequence data. Eur. J. Phycol. 43: 413-422 [details]
additional source
Moestrup, Ø., Akselman, R., Cronberg, G., Elbraechter, M., Fraga, S., Halim, Y., Hansen, G., Hoppenrath, M., Larsen, J., Lundholm, N., Nguyen, L. N., Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards). IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae., available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Description Cells very variable in size (5–50 μm in length) and shape (round, oval, carrot-or sausage-shaped). Many chloroplasts (30–35 per cell). Nucleus elongated and anteriorly located. Numerous oval mucocysts, evenly distributed on the surface (Edvardsen et al., 2007). [details]
Harmful effect This species has been associated with fishkills in the North Sea but a toxin has not been identified [details]
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