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Introduction
Source and Additional Information
- Alexandrium fundyense is a dinoflagellate
- It has two flagella (one like a belt surrounding the cell body, the other along the body)
- It has a theca, the "house" in which the cell body dwell, which is fit together by cellulosic plates like puzzle pieces
- It lives in the upper layer of the ocean, and has weak mobility, hence it is called plankton
- It is photosynthetic, hence a phytoplankton
- It is widely distributed
- It can cause harmful algal blooms (commonly known as "Red tides") as a result of active reproduction and low grazing by herbivores
- It is capable of producing saxitoxin, a neuromuscular toxin that causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP); the toxin can be accumulated through the food chain and end up in shellfish and some filter-feeding fish, constituting health threat for animals and humans
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"Alexandrium fundyense Balech". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/910093". Accessed
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