Toxicity
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D. mitra produces dinophysistoxin-1 (DTX1) and okadiac acid (OA) (Lee et al. 1989).
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- Guide to UK Coastal Planktonic Ciliates © 2001 DJS Montagnes, University of Liverpool http://www.liv.ac.uk/ciliate/
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- David J.S. Montagnes
Reproduction
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D. mitra reproduces asexually by binary fission.
- Lee, J.-S., T. Igarashi, S. Fraga, E. Dahl, P. Hovgaard and T. Yasumoto (1989). Determination of diarrhetic toxins in various dinoflagellate species. J. Appl. Phycol. 1: 147-152
- Schiller, J. (1933). Dinoflagellatae (Peridineae). In: R. Kolkwitz (ed), Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz, 2nd ed., Sect. III, Pt. I, Academische Verlagsgellschaft, Leipzig: 1-617.
- Larsen, J. and O. Moestrup (1992). Potentially toxic phytoplankton. 2. Genus Dinophysis (Dinophyceae). In: J.A. Lindley (ed), ICES Identification Leaflets for Plankton. ICES, Copenhagen, 180: 1-12.
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- Guide to UK Coastal Planktonic Ciliates © 2001 DJS Montagnes, University of Liverpool http://www.liv.ac.uk/ciliate/
- author
- David J.S. Montagnes
Distribution
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Only inhabits warm/ tropical waters (Larsen & Moestrup 1992)
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- Guide to UK Coastal Planktonic Ciliates © 2001 DJS Montagnes, University of Liverpool http://www.liv.ac.uk/ciliate/
- author
- David J.S. Montagnes
Diagnostic Description
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Like all dinophysis species the epitheca is much smaller than the hypotheca of this species. The epitheca is convex and resembles a cap. Their are 4 epithecal plates all of which are highly areloated. It has two lists (anterior cingular list (ACL) and posterior cingular list (PCL)) both are fairly broad and thin They are also supported by many ribs. The sulcus is made up by several plates, irregular in both shape and size. It also houses the flagellar pore. The hypotheca contains four plates and as mentioned previously makes up most of the cell. The dorsal side is convex, the ventral is straight until the bottom of the LSL were it is concave.
- bibliographic citation
- Guide to UK Coastal Planktonic Ciliates © 2001 DJS Montagnes, University of Liverpool http://www.liv.ac.uk/ciliate/
- author
- David J.S. Montagnes
