Cochlodinium

Cochlodinium
A Cochlodinium polykrikoides bloom
Micrograph of Cochlodinium polykrikoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Myzozoa
Superclass:	Dinoflagellata
Class:	Dinophyceae
Order:	Gymnodiniales
Family:	Gymnodiniaceae
Genus:	Cochlodinium F.Schütt
Type species
Cochlodinium strangulatum

Cochlodinium is a genus of dinoflagellates belonging to the family Gymnodiniaceae. ^[1] Over the past two decades, harmful algea blooms (HABs) caused by Cochlodinium had occurred more often and expanded from Southeast Asia to regions such as the rest of Asia, North America and Europe. ^[2]

Due to an absence of molecular data for Cochlodinium, finding out its classification has been challenging for scientist, especially for the type species Cochlodinium strangulatum . ^[3]

This genus has 40 species total, most of which are hetrotrophic: ^{[1] [4]}

• Cochlodinium achromaticum Lebour
• Cochlodinium acutum A.Cleve
• Cochlodinium adriaticum (J.Schiller) J.Schiller
• Cochlodinium brandtii
• Cochlodinium convolutum
• Cochlodinium fulvescens
• Cochlodinium geminatum
• Cochlodinium helix
• Cochlodinium pirum ^[5]
• Cochlodinium pupa
• Cochlodinium polykrikoides
• Cochlodinium strangulatum

References

1. "Cochlodinium F.Schütt, 1896 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
2. Kudela, Raphael M.; Gobler, Christopher J. (2012-02-01). "Harmful dinoflagellate blooms caused by Cochlodinium sp.: Global expansion and ecological strategies facilitating bloom formation" . Harmful Algae. Harmful Algae--The requirement for species-specific information. 14: 71–86. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2011.10.015. ISSN   1568-9883.
3. Gómez, Fernando; Richlen, Mindy L.; Anderson, Donald M. (March 2017). "Molecular characterization and morphology of Cochlodinium strangulatum, the type species of Cochlodinium, and Margalefidinium gen. nov. for C. polykrikoides and allied species (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae)". Harmful Algae. 63: 32–44. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2017.01.008. ISSN   1878-1470. PMC   6276129 . PMID   28366398.
4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cochlodinium Schütt, 1896". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
5. Shin, Hyeon Ho; Li, Zhun; Lee, Kyun-Woo; Matsuoka, Kazumi (2019-07-03). "Molecular phylogeny and morphology of Torquentidium gen. et comb. nov. for Cochlodinium convolutum and allied species (Ceratoperidiniaceae, Dinophyceae)" . European Journal of Phycology. 54 (3): 249–262. Bibcode:2019EJPhy..54..249S. doi:10.1080/09670262.2018.1550213. ISSN   0967-0262. S2CID   132837604.