Dinophysis ovum

Dinophysis ovum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
(unranked): SAR
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Class: Peridinea
Order: Dinophysida
Family: Dinophysiaceae
Genus: Dinophysis
Species: D. ovum
Binomial name
Dinophysis ovum

Dinophysis ovum is a toxic dinoflagellate suspected to cause diarrhetic shellfish poisoning in humans. http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=46486

Further reading

    Harred, Laura (July 2014). "Predicting harmful algal blooms: a case study with Dinophysis ovum in the Gulf of Mexico". Journal of Plankton Research. 36 (6): 1434–1445. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbu070. 


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