WoRMS taxon details
Gambierdiscus polynesiensis M.Chinain & M.Faust, 1999
233381 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:233381)
accepted
Species
marine
Chinain M., Faust M.A. & Pauillac S. 1999. Morphology and molecular analyses of three toxic species of <i>Gambierdiscus</i> (Dinophyceae): <i>G. pacificus</i>, sp. nov., <i>G. australes</i>, sp. nov., and <i>G. polynesiensis</i>, sp. nov. J. Phycol. 35: 1282-1296. [details]
Type locality contained in Tubuai Island
type locality contained in Tubuai Island [details]
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:50501
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed, asymmetrical in ventral view. Thecal surface smooth, covered with evenly...
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:50501 [details]
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed, asymmetrical in ventral view. Thecal surface smooth, covered with evenly...
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed, asymmetrical in ventral view. Thecal surface smooth, covered with evenly distributed fine pores. Apical pore plate oval containing fish-hook shaped pore. Asymmetric hatchet-shaped 2’ plate, triangular Po, broad, pentagonal 1p plate. [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). Gambierdiscus polynesiensis M.Chinain & M.Faust, 1999. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=233381 on 2025-04-15
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2006-07-27 06:59:07Z
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Camba Reu, Cibran
2015-06-26 12:00:51Z
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Nomenclature
original description
Chinain M., Faust M.A. & Pauillac S. 1999. Morphology and molecular analyses of three toxic species of <i>Gambierdiscus</i> (Dinophyceae): <i>G. pacificus</i>, sp. nov., <i>G. australes</i>, sp. nov., and <i>G. polynesiensis</i>, sp. nov. J. Phycol. 35: 1282-1296. [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]
Other
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 Litaker, R.W., Vandersea, M.W., Faust, M.A., Kibler, S.R., Chinain, M., Holmes, M.J., Holland, W.C. & Tester, P.A. 2009. Taxonomy of <i>Gambierdiscus</i> including four new species, <i>Gambierdiscus caribaeus</i>, <i>Gambierdiscus carolianus</i>, <i>Gambierdiscus carpenteri</i> and <i>Gambierdiscus ruetzleri</i> (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae). Phycologia, 48: 344-90 [details] Available for editors
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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]
toxicology source Chinain, M., Darius, H. T., Ung, A., Cruchet, P., Wang, Z., Ponton, D., Laurent, D. & Pauillac, S. 2010. Growth and toxin production in the ciguatera-causing dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus polynesiensis (Dinophyceae) in culture. Toxicon 56:739-50. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Litaker, R.W., Vandersea, M.W., Faust, M.A., Kibler, S.R., Chinain, M., Holmes, M.J., Holland, W.C. & Tester, P.A. 2009. Taxonomy of <i>Gambierdiscus</i> including four new species, <i>Gambierdiscus caribaeus</i>, <i>Gambierdiscus carolianus</i>, <i>Gambierdiscus carpenteri</i> and <i>Gambierdiscus ruetzleri</i> (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae). Phycologia, 48: 344-90 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
toxicology source Chinain, M., Darius, H. T., Ung, A., Cruchet, P., Wang, Z., Ponton, D., Laurent, D. & Pauillac, S. 2010. Growth and toxin production in the ciguatera-causing dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus polynesiensis (Dinophyceae) in culture. Toxicon 56:739-50. [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:50501 [details]From regional or thematic species database
Description Lens-shaped, anterio-posteriorly compressed, asymmetrical in ventral view. Thecal surface smooth, covered with evenly distributed fine pores. Apical pore plate oval containing fish-hook shaped pore. Asymmetric hatchet-shaped 2’ plate, triangular Po, broad, pentagonal 1p plate. [details]Harmful effect G. polynesiensis is both maitotoxic and ciguatoxic, different strains producing slightly different amounts of the various toxins, being CTX-3C, -3B, -4A, -4B, , M-seco-CTX-3C, 2-OH-P-CTX3C (Chinain et al. 1999, 2010; Rhodes et al. 2014; Longo et al. 2019; Munday et al. 2017). It has also been shown to produce 44-methylgambierone and gambierone (Murray et al. 2019, 2021). [details]
