Gambierdiscus ruetzleri

Gambierdiscus ruetzleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Dinoflagellata
Class:	Dinophyceae
Order:	Gonyaulacales
Family:	Ostreopsidaceae
Genus:	Gambierdiscus
Species:	G. ruetzleri
Binomial name
Gambierdiscus ruetzleri Faust, Litaker, Vandersea, Kibler, Holland & Tester, 2009

Gambierdiscus ruetzleri is a species of toxic dinoflagellates, which among others causes ciguatera fish poisoning. It is photosynthetic and epibenthic. ^[1]

References

1. Litaker, R. Wayne; Vandersea, Mark W.; Faust, Maria A.; Kibler, Steven R.; Chinain, Mireille; Holmes, Michael J.; Holland, William C.; Tester, Patricia A. (2009). "Taxonomy of Gambierdiscus including four new species, Gambierdiscus caribaeus, Gambierdiscus carolinianus, Gambierdiscus carpenteri and Gambierdiscus ruetzleri (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae)". Phycologia. 48 (5): 344–390. Bibcode:2009Phyco..48..344L. doi:10.2216/07-15.1. ISSN   0031-8884. S2CID   86334317.

Further reading

• Rhodes, L., et al. "Gambierdiscus cf. yasumotoi (Dinophyceae) isolated from New Zealand's sub-tropical northern coastal waters." New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 48.2 (2014): 303-310.
• Nishimura, Tomohiro, et al. "Genetic diversity and distribution of the ciguatera-causing dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus spp.(Dinophyceae) in coastal areas of Japan." PLoS ONE 8.4 (2013): e60882.

External links

• "Gambierdiscus ruetzleri". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• AlgaeBase