A = Cell; B&C = 1'-plate with ventral pore(=arrow). A-C DIC, D=Cyst (BF) (courtesy of Anna Godhe)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 17-29 µm.
Resting spore: +
Note: Toxic
Distinctive features: Characteristic 1'-plate with ventral pore, narrow 6''
Similar species: A. angustitabulatum
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
Balech, E. 1989. Redescription of Alexandrium minutum Halim
(Dinophyceae) type species of the genus Alexandrium.
Phycologia. 28: 206-211.
Bolch, C. J., Blackburn, S.I., Cannon, J.A. & Hallegraeff, G.M. 1991. The resting cyst of the red-tide dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae). Phycologia., 30: 215-219.
Steidinger, K. A. & Tangen, K. 1996. Dinoflagellates. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 387-584.