Gessnerium tamarensis (Lebour) Loeblich III & L.Loeblich 1979
Current name:
Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech
Thecal plate structure of the epitheca. The epitheca has been flattened and broken apart at the joint between the first apical plate and the fourth apical and sixth precingular plates. One can see a pore along the join between the first and fourth apical Robin Raine (Robin.Raine@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Gessnerium tamarensis (Lebour) Loeblich III & L.Loeblich 1979: 44
Published in: Loeblich III, A.R. and L.A. Loeblich (1979). The systematic of Gonyaulax with special reference to the toxic species. In: Toxic Dinoflagellate blooms. (Taylor, D.L. & Seliger, H.H. Eds), pp. 41-46. New York: Elsevier Science Publishers.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gessnerium is Gessnerium mochimaense Halim.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech.
Source of Synonymy
John, U., Litaker, R.W., Montresor, M., Murray, S., Brosnahan, M.L. & Anderson, D.M. (2014). Formal revision of the Alexandrium tamarense species complex (Dinophyceae) taxonomy: the introduction of five species with emphasis on molecular-based (rDNA) classification. Protist 165: 779-804.
Basionym
Gonyaulax tamarensis Lebour
Type Information
Type locality: English Channel: River Tamar Estuary, near Plymouth, United Kingdom; (Faust & Gulledge 2002: 18) Notes: "LECTOTYPE: Plate XIV, figures 1a-1d (Lebour 1925) is designated here as the lectotype for Gonyaulax tamarensis M. Lebour (ICN Art 9.8).
EPITYPE: SEM stub of strain ATSW01-1 is designated here as epitype for A. tamarense (M. Lebour 1925) Balech 1985 emended U. John (Fig. 5). It is deposited at the Herbarium Senckenbergianum (FR) in the Centre of Excellence for Dinophyte Taxonomy (identification number CEDiT2013E27)." (John et al. 2014: 792).
Created: 03 October 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 28 February 2024
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 December 2024
