Arrowhead=6'' plate, arrow=1' plate (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 17,5-24 µm.
Resting spore:
Note: Toxic (Balech 1995)
Distinctive features: 1' lacking a ventral pore. The shape of 1', 6'', APC and sulcal plates
Similar species: A. minutum
Distribution: New Zealand, Gullmarsfjorden
Literature:
Balech, E. 1995. The genus Alexandrium Halim (Dinoflagellata).
Sherkin Island Marine Station, Sherkin Island, Co. Cork, Ireland.
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.