Pfiesteria piscicida is a dinoflagellate species that inhabits estuaries and was linked by researchers to a series of harmful algal blooms and fish kills along the coasts of North Carolina and Maryland during the 1980s and 1990s. Its scientific name translates to fish-killer, and it earned the nickname the cell from hell in North Carolina news coverage of the era because of the toxic effects associated with its blooms.
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Source Wikidata: Pfiesteria Piscicida
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Source Wikidata: Pfiesteria Piscicida
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
2. Wikipedia: Pfiesteria piscicida
Wikipedia- Wikidata Q15156646 (P225 taxon name)
In Group: Red Tide and Toxin-Producing Dinoflagellates, Lead
Pfiesteria piscicida is a dinoflagellate species of the genus Pfiesteria that some researchers claim was responsible for many harmful algal blooms in the 1980s and 1990s on the coast of North Carolina and Maryland.
View the Source 3. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Pfiesteria piscicida
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 8284710, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 8284710, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Pfiesteria Piscicida
- Wikidata Q15156646, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Dinophyceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
- In Biome: Estuary, Introduction
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