Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Hacrobia > Phylum Haptophyta > Class Prymnesiophyceae > Order Prymnesiales > Family Prymnesiaceae > Genus Prymnesium

Prymnesium parvum N.Carter, 1937

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Prymnesium*	Massart, 1920	accepted genus name

Children

Prymnesium parvum f. patelliferum (J.C.Green, D.J.Hibberd & R.N.Pienaar) A.Larsen, 1999

Literature

original description	Carter N. 1937. New or interesting algae from brackish water. Arch. Protistemk. 90: 1-68.
basis of record	TMAP - Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program database
additional source	Igarashi T., Satake M. & Yasumoto T. 1999. Structures and partial stereochemical assignments for prymnesin-1 and prymnesin-2: potent hemolytic and ichthyotoxic glycosides isolated from the red tide alga Prymnesium parvum. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121: 8499-8511.
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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Tomas, C.R. (Ed.) (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp.
additional source	Kaartvedt S., Johnsen T.M., Aksnes D.L & Lie U. 1991. Occurrence of the toxic phytoflagellate Prymnesium parvum and associated fish mortality in a Norwegian fjord system. Can. J. Fish. Aquat Sci. 48: 2316-2323.
additional source	Moestrup Ø. 1994. Economic aspects: ’blooms’, nuisance species, and toxins. In: The Haptophyte Algae (Ed. by J.C. Green & B.S.C. Leadbeater), pp. 265-285. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
additional source	Algaebase

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (23509 nucleotides; 24 proteins)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Prymnesium parvum N.Carter, 1937. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160564