Red Tide and Toxin-Producing Dinoflagellates is a Browse By group of the Nature Atlas that gathers dinoflagellates, single-celled marine plankton, whose blooms or toxins harm other life, such as Karenia brevis, which causes the Florida red tides, Alexandrium catenella, which produces the toxins of paralytic shellfish poisoning, Gonyaulax, Gambierdiscus toxicus, the cause of ciguatera, and Pfiesteria piscicida. An entry belongs here when its own cited article states that it causes red tides, harmful algal blooms or illness through its toxins. It excludes dinoflagellates described only as living in partnership with corals or only for their glow. Such blooms can kill fish and poison shellfish, so the group lets a reader compare the species behind them.
Red Tide and Toxin-Producing Dinoflagellates
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Noctiluca scintillans - Wikipedia
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Noctiluca scintillans is a heterotrophic dinoflagellate that causes toxic red tides.
Wikipedia: Karenia brevis
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It is the organism responsible for the "Florida red tides" that affect the coastal parts of Florida, Texas and Mexico.
Wikipedia: Alexandrium catenella
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It is among the group of Alexandrium species that produce toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, and is a cause of red tide.
Wikipedia: Gonyaulax
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Gonyaulax belongs to red dinoflagellates and commonly causes red tides.
Wikipedia: Gambierdiscus toxicus
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It is a dinoflagellate which can cause the foodborne illness ciguatera, and is known to produce several natural polyethers including ciguatoxin, maitotoxin, gambieric acid, and gambierol.
Wikipedia: Pfiesteria piscicida
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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.
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