Pfiesteria
[ref. ID; 7402]
Pfiesteria is the only genus of estuarine or toxic dinoflagellates that is known to have a complex life cycle including flagellated and amoeboid forms (Bursa 1970; Williams 1993; Steidinger et al. 1996). (ref. ID; 7402)
- Pfiesteria piscicida Steidinger & Burkholder (ref. ID; 6990, 7121, 7402)
Pfiesteria piscicida Steidinger & Burkholder (ref. ID; 6990, 7121, 7402)
Descriptions
Free-living. GenBank accession number AF330609. (ref. ID; 7121)
Remarks
P. piscicida was first observed in 1988 as a culture contaminant of unknown origin. It was subsequently dicovered in natural habitat during 1991 when swarming cells were collected from a "sudden-death" fish kill involving about one million finfish in the Pamlico Estuary, NC, USA ((Burkholder et al. 1992). (ref. ID; 7402)
Geographic origin
Tidal Chicamacomico River, Maryland, USA. (ref. ID; 7121)