Alexandrium fundyense

Alexandrium fundyense

Taxobox
name = "Alexandrium fundyense"


image_caption = "Alexandrium fundyense"
domain = Eukaryota
regnum = Chromalveolata
superphylum = Alveolata
phylum = Dinoflagellata
classis = Dinophyceae
ordo = Gonyaulacales
subordo = Gonyaulaceae
genus = "Alexandrium"
species = "A. fundyense"
binomial = "A. fundyense"

"Alexandrium fundyense" is a dinoflagellate with two flagella. It is a common cause of red tide.

References

[http://www.eol.org/taxa/16225000 Encyclopedia of Life entry on "Alexandrium fundyense"]

See also

*Harmful algal blooms
*Saxitoxin
*Paralytic shellfish poisoning


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