Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Myzozoa > Subphylum Dinozoa > Infraphylum Dinoflagellata > Class Dinophyceae > Order Gymnodiniales > Family Kareniaceae > Genus Karenia

Karenia mikimotoi (Miyake & Kominami ex Oda) G.Hansen & Ø.Moestrup, 2000

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Karenia*	G.Hansen & Moestrup, 2000	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gymnodinium mikimotoi*	Miyake & Kominami ex Oda, 1935	synonym

Literature

original description	Oda M. 1935. The red tide of Gymnodinium mikimotoi n.sp. (MS.) and the effect of altering copper sulphate to prevent the growth of it. Dobutsugaku Zasshi, Zoological Society of Japan 47 (555): 35-48.
additional source	Tangen K. 1977. Blooms of Gyrodinium aureolum (Dinophyceae) in North European waters, accompanied by mortality in marine organisms. Sarsia 63: 123-133.
additional source	Algaebase
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.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Chang, F.H.; Charleston, W.A.G.; McKenna, P.B.; Clowes, C.D.; Wilson, G.J.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Myzozoa: dinoflagellates, perkinsids, ellobiopsids, sporozoans, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 175-216.
additional source	Steidinger, K. A., M. A. Faust, and D. U. Hernández-Becerril. 2009. Dinoflagellates (Dinoflagellata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 131–154 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College
source of synonymy	Takayama H. & Adachi R. 1984. Gymnodinium nagasakiense sp. nov., a red-tide forming dinophyte in the adjacent waters of Japan. Bull. Plankton Soc. Jap. 31: 7-14.
new combination reference	Daugbjerg N., Hansen G., Larsen J. & Moestrup Ø. 2000. Phylogeny of some of the major genera of dinoflagellates based on ultrastructure and partial LSU rDNA sequence data, including the erection of three new genera of unarmoured dinoflagellates. Phycologia 39: 302-317.
toxicology source	Gentien P. & Arzul G. 1990. Exotoxin production by Gyrodinium cf. aureolum (Dinophyceae). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 70: 571-581.
toxicology source	Satake, M., Shoji, M., Oshima, Y., Naoki, H., Fujita, T. & Yasumoto, T. 2002. Gymnocin-A, a cytotoxic polyether from the noxious red tide dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium mikimotoi. Tetrahedr. Lett. 43: 5829-5832
taxonomy source	Hansen, G., Daugbjerg, N. & Henriksen, P. (2000). Comparative study of Gymnodinium mikimotoi and Gymnodinium aureolum, comb. nov. (=Gyrodinium aureolum) based on morphology, pigment composition, and molecular data. J. of Phycol. 36: 394-410.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (161 nucleotides; 92 proteins)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Karenia mikimotoi (Miyake & Kominami ex Oda) G.Hansen & Ø.Moestrup, 2000. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:233024