A = A living cell; B&C = 1'-plate(with pore) and 6''-plate; D =Part of girdle with a characteristic notch (=arrow) and pore of 1' (=arrowhead); E = Nucleus. (A,B,D,E=DIC, C=PC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Diameter = 40-60 µm.
Resting spore: +
Note: Toxic (Steidinger & Tangen 1996)
Distinctive features: Characteristically displaced 1', sa and sp
Similar species: A. satoanum
Distribution: East Atlantic, Italy, Japan
Literature:
Biecheler, B. 1952. Recherches sur les peridiniens. Bulletin
Biologique de la France et de la Belgique (Suppl.). 36: 1-149.
Montresor, M., Zingone, A. & Marino, D. 1993. The paratabulate resting cyst of Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax (Dinophyceae). In: Smayda, T.J. and Shimizu, Y. Toxic Phytoplankton Blooms in the Sea. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. p. 159-164
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.
Yuki, K., Kobayashi, S. & Fukuyo, Y. 1996. Thecate and cyst forms of Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax (Dinophyceae) from Japanese coastal waters. Bull. Plankton Soc. Japan. 43: 46-50.