Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Myzozoa > Subphylum Dinozoa > Infraphylum Dinoflagellata > Class Dinophyceae > Order Thoracosphaerales > Family Pfiesteriaceae > Genus Pfiesteria

Pfiesteria shumwayae Glasgow & J.M.Burkholder, 2001

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pfiesteria*	K.A.Steidinger & J.M.Burkholder, 1996	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Pseudopfiesteria shumwayae*	(Glasgow & J.M.Burkholder) Litaker, Steidinger, P.Mason, Shields & P.Tester, 2005	synonym

Literature

original description	Glasgow, H.B., Burkholder J.M., Morton S.L. & Springer J. 2001. A second species of ichthyotoxic Pfiesteria (Dinamoebales, Dinophyceae). Phycologia 40: 234-245.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Burkholder, J.M. & Marshall, H.G. 2012. Toxigenic Pfiesteria species - updates on biology, ecology, toxins, and impacts. Harmful Algae 14, 196-230
additional source	Moestrup, Ø., Akselman, R., Cronberg, G., Elbraechter, M., Fraga, S., Halim, Y., Hansen, G., Hoppenrath, M., Larsen, J., Lundholm, N., Nguyen, L. N., Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards). IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.
additional source	Vogelbein W.K., Lovko V.J., Shields J.D., Reece K.S., Mason P.L., Haas L.W. & Walker C.C. 2002. Pfiesteria shumwayae kills fish by micropredation not exotoxin secretion. Nature 418: 967-970.
additional source	Jakobsen K.S., Tengs T., Vatne A., Bowers H.A., Oldach D.W., Burkholder J.M., Glasgow JrH.B., Rublee P.A. & Klaveness D. 2001. Discovery of the toxic dinoflagellate Pfiesteria in northern European waters. Proc. R. Soc. London B, 269: 211-214.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Pfiesteria shumwayae Glasgow & J.M.Burkholder, 2001. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246599