New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts
Coolia monotis (Dinophyceae): a toxic epiphytic microalgal species found
in New Zealand (Note)
LESLEY L. RHODES
ANNABEL E. THOMAS
Cawthron Institute
Private Bag 2
Nelson, New Zealand
Abstract Coolia monotis Meunier (Dinophyceae) was
isolated from drift seaweed collected from Ninety Mile Beach, Northland, New
Zealand. It is a new record for New Zealand waters. The microalga was
identified by scanning electron microscopy and cultured in a seawater-based
medium. Cultures grew preferentially at 25deg.C (subtropical temperatures),
rather than at 20deg.C (temperate), and at salinities >28.
Coolia monotis
proved to be toxic to larvae of
Artemia salina and
Haliotis
virginea.
Keywords Coolia; epiphytic dinoflagellate;
cooliatoxin; yessotoxin
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1997: Vol. 31:
139-141
0028-8330/97/3101-0139 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand
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