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

Pfiesteria piscicida K.A.Steidinger & J.M.Burkholder, 1996

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Steidinger K.A., Burkholder J.M., Glasgow H.B. Jr., Hobbs C.W., Carrett J.K., Truby E.W., Noga E.J. & Smith S.A. 1996. Pfiesteria piscicida gen. et sp. nov. (Pfiesteriaceae fam. nov.), a new toxic dinoflagellate with a complex life cycle and behavior. J. Phycol. 32: 157-164.
basis of record	Algaebase
additional source	Burkholder J.M., Glasgow H.B. & Hobbs C.W. 1995. Distribution and environmental conditions for fish kills linked to a toxic ambush-predator dinoflagellate: distribution and environmental conditions. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 124: 43-61.
additional source	Burkholder J.M. & Glasgow H.B. 1997. Pfiesteria piscicida and other Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellates: behavior, impacts, and environmental controls. Limnol. Oceanogr. 42: 1052-1075.
additional source	Burkholder J.M., Glasgow H.B. & Deamer-Helia N. 2001. Overview and present status of the toxic Pfiesteria complex (Dinophyceae). Phycologia 40: 186-214.
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	Chang, F.H.; Charleston, W.A.G.; McKenna, P.B.; Clowes, C.D.; Wilson, G.J.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Myzozoa: dinoflagellates, perkinsids, ellobiopsids, sporozoans, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 175-216.
additional source	Steidinger, K. A., M. A. Faust, and D. U. Hernández-Becerril. 2009. Dinoflagellates (Dinoflagellata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 131–154 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College
additional source	Burkholder, J.M. & Marshall, H.G. 2012. Toxigenic Pfiesteria species - updates on biology, ecology, toxins, and impacts. Harmful Algae 14, 196-230

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (637 nucleotides; 497 proteins)
Barcode of Life
Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Pfiesteria piscicida K.A.Steidinger & J.M.Burkholder, 1996. 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:246598