Amphidinium carterae
| Amphidinium carterae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | SAR |
| (unranked): | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Dinoflagellata |
| Class: | Dinophyceae[1] |
| Order: | Gymnodiniales |
| Family: | Gymnodiniaceae |
| Genus: | Amphidinium |
| Species: | A. carterae |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphidinium carterae Hulburt, 1957 - [2] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Amphidinium carterae is a species of dinoflagellate. It was first described by Edward M. Hulburt in 1957, and was named in honour of the British phycologist Nellie Carter-Montford. The type locality is Great Pond, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA.[3] It is a toxic species.
Distribution
Amphidinium carterae is known from both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean, the Bay of Fundy, the Gulf of Mexico, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It also occurs in Brazil and New Zealand.[1] It is found in shallow waters in coastal bays and estuaries.[4]
Ecology
Amphidinium carterae is a toxic species and sometimes causes harmful algal blooms which are associated with marine, toxin-derived disease. The presence of this species adversely affects the embryonic development of sea urchins for example.[5]
Use in research
Amphidinium carterae is a photosynthetic organism and can be cultured in the laboratory under suitable conditions of temperature and light.[4] It is a peridinin-containing dinoflagellate, and has been used as a model organism for research. It has a highly unusual chloroplast genome with genes mounted on many small minicircle elements, and an unusual pattern of RNA metabolism.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2015). "Amphidinium carterae". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ↑ WoRMS (2015). "Amphidinium carterae Hulburt, 1957". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ↑ Hulburt, Edward M. (1957). "The Taxonomy of Unarmored Dinophyceae of Shallow Embayments on Cape Cod, Massachusetts". Biological Bulletin. 112 (2): 196–219. doi:10.2307/1539198. JSTOR 1539198.
- 1 2 David L. Spector (2012). Dinoflagellates. Academic Press. pp. 405–406. ISBN 978-0-323-13813-0.
- ↑ Pagliaraa, Patrizia; Caroppo, Carmela (2012). "Toxicity assessment of Amphidinium carterae, Coolia cfr. monotis and Ostreopsis cfr. ovata (Dinophyta) isolated from the northern Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea)". Toxicon. 60 (6): 1203–1214. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.08.005. PMID 22925842.
- ↑ Issues in Life Sciences—Molecular Biology: 2013 Edition. Scholarly Editions. 2013. p. 541. ISBN 978-1-4901-0746-2.