WoRMS taxon details
Dinophysis miles Cleve, 1900
232209 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:232209)
accepted
Species
Heteroceras schroeteri Forti, 1901 · unaccepted
- Forma Dinophysis miles f. indica Ostenfeld & E.J.Schmidt
- Forma Dinophysis miles f. maris-joni J.L.B. Schröder
- Forma Dinophysis miles f. maris-rubri C.E.H. Ostenfeld & E.J. Schmidt
- Forma Dinophysis miles f. arabica L.Matzenauer (uncertain)
- Forma Dinophysis miles f. schroeteri Böhm, 1935 (uncertain)
- Forma Dinophysis miles f. triposoidea L.Matzenauer (uncertain)
- Variety Dinophysis miles var. aggregata (A.A.Weber-van Bosse) Lemmermann (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cleve P.T. 1900. Plankton from the Red Sea. Öfvers. K. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 9: 1025-1038. [details] 
Type locality contained in Arabian Sea, Malay Archipelago
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:34870
Description Cells very large, anterio-posteriorly elongated with two fairly distinctive long antapical and dorsal projections. Ventral...
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:34870 [details]
Description Cells very large, anterio-posteriorly elongated with two fairly distinctive long antapical and dorsal projections. Ventral...
Description Cells very large, anterio-posteriorly elongated with two fairly distinctive long antapical and dorsal projections. Ventral side of hypotheca undulate. Dorsal side concave and smoothly continues to the dorsal projection which runs obliquely backwards. The distal end bends at a right angle, carrying a wing-like unabsorbed remnant of the megacytic zone. Six to eight daughter cells often attach at the remnant after asexual cell division. Posterior projections shorter or longer than, or as long as the dorsal process. Angle between the dorsal and posterior projections 50-90”. It starts at the base of the third rib. Anterior cingular list wide, supported by many ribs, forming a narrow funnel-like structure with very low epitheca on the bottom. Thecal plates thick, round or angular areolated. Length: 125- 150 pm. [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Dinophysis miles Cleve, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=232209 on 2025-04-17
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2006-07-20 06:41:05Z
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Nomenclature
original description
Cleve P.T. 1900. Plankton from the Red Sea. Öfvers. K. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 9: 1025-1038. [details]
basis of record Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. <em>Acta Bot. Croat.</em> 64(1): 129-212. [details]
basis of record Gómez, F. (2005). A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world's oceans. <em>Acta Bot. Croat.</em> 64(1): 129-212. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Qiu, D.; Huang, L.; Liu, S.; Lin, S. (2011). Nuclear, Mitochondrial and Plastid Gene Phylogenies of Dinophysis miles (Dinophyceae): Evidence of Variable Types of Chloroplasts. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 6(12): e29398., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029398 [details]
ecology source Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details]
ecology source Reguera, B.; Riobó, P.; Rodríguez, F.; Díaz, P.; Pizarro, G.; Paz, B.; Franco, J.; Blanco, J. (2014). Dinophysis Toxins: Causative Organisms, Distribution and Fate in Shellfish. <em>Marine Drugs.</em> 12(1): 394-461., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/md12010394 [details]
ecology source Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details]
ecology source Reguera, B.; Riobó, P.; Rodríguez, F.; Díaz, P.; Pizarro, G.; Paz, B.; Franco, J.; Blanco, J. (2014). Dinophysis Toxins: Causative Organisms, Distribution and Fate in Shellfish. <em>Marine Drugs.</em> 12(1): 394-461., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/md12010394 [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Lam CWY. & Ho KC. (1988). Phytoplankton characteristics of Tolo Harbour. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 6. pp 5-18. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). 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 Marasigan A.N., Sato S., Fukuyo Y. & Kodama M. 2001. Accumulation of a high level of diarrhetic shellfish toxins in the green mussel <i>Perna viridis</i> during a bloom of <i>Dinophysis caudata</i> and <i>Dinophysis miles</i> in Saipan Bay, Panay Island, the Philippines. Fisheries Science 67: 994-996. [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). 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 Marasigan A.N., Sato S., Fukuyo Y. & Kodama M. 2001. Accumulation of a high level of diarrhetic shellfish toxins in the green mussel <i>Perna viridis</i> during a bloom of <i>Dinophysis caudata</i> and <i>Dinophysis miles</i> in Saipan Bay, Panay Island, the Philippines. Fisheries Science 67: 994-996. [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:34870 [details]From regional or thematic species database
Additional information Widely distributed in tropical seas.Toxic strains only reported from the Philippines: Marasigan et al. (2001). [details]
Description Cells very large, anterio-posteriorly elongated with two fairly distinctive long antapical and dorsal projections. Ventral side of hypotheca undulate. Dorsal side concave and smoothly continues to the dorsal projection which runs obliquely backwards. The distal end bends at a right angle, carrying a wing-like unabsorbed remnant of the megacytic zone. Six to eight daughter cells often attach at the remnant after asexual cell division. Posterior projections shorter or longer than, or as long as the dorsal process. Angle between the dorsal and posterior projections 50-90”. It starts at the base of the third rib. Anterior cingular list wide, supported by many ribs, forming a narrow funnel-like structure with very low epitheca on the bottom. Thecal plates thick, round or angular areolated. Length: 125- 150 pm. [details]
Harmful effect Producer of DTX-1 (10 pg/cell) and okadaic acid (5-25 pg/cell), toxins implicated in DSP. Blooms, together with D. caudata, associated with DSP in the Philippines [details]
Identification This species is easily identified by its large cell shape and especially the two projections. [details]
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Heteroceras schroeteri Forti, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Heteroceras schroeteri Forti, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dinophysis miles)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Heteroceras schroeteri Forti, 1901)To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Heteroceras schroeteri Forti, 1901)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dinophysis miles)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
