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Dinophysis
Dinophysis is a genus of dinoflagellates with more than 200 recognised species found in coastal and oceanic waters throughout the world. Cell densities are usually negligible, but favourable conditions can result in massive blooms also known as red tides. Attention to Dinophysis greatly increased as several species of the genus were linked to the toxin including okadaic acid responsible for the toxic syndrome diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP), a gastrointestinal illness causing huge economical losses for the...
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Dinophysis acuminata
speciesDinophysis acuminata
Dinophysis caudata
speciesDinophysis caudata
Dinophysis norvegica
speciesDinophysis norvegica
Dinophysis acuta
speciesDinophysis acuta
Dinophysis tripos
speciesDinophysis tripos
Dinophysis fortii
speciesDinophysis fortii
Dinophysis miles
speciesDinophysis miles
Dinophysis parva
speciesDinophysis parva
Dinophysis hastata
speciesDinophysis hastata
Dinophysis punctata
speciesDinophysis punctata
Dinophysis sacculus
speciesDinophysis sacculus
Dinophysis similis
speciesDinophysis similis
Dinophysis lativelata
speciesDinophysis lativelata
Dinophysis odiosa
speciesDinophysis odiosa
Dinophysis dens
speciesDinophysis dens
Dinophysis ovum
speciesDinophysis ovum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 326229.