SLIDE 2 1-1. List of known toxic species (in the world) 1-2. List of toxic species in the region, and distribution
Species Distribute in the region Toxins 1 Dinophysis acuminata Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 Japan, New-zealand DTX1, PTX2 2 Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg, 1839 New-zealand OA, DTX1, DTX2, PTX2, PTX11, PTX12 3 Dinophysis caudata Saville-Kent, 1881 Widely ditributed OA, DTX1, PTX2 4 Dinophysis fortii Pavillard, 1923 Japan OA, DTX1, PTX2 5 Dinophysis infundibulum J. Schiller, 1928 Japan PTX2 6 Dinophysis miles Cleve, 1900 Tropical waters DTX-1 7 Dinophysis sacculus Stein, 1883 Europe OA 8 Dinophysis tripos Gourret, 1883 Japan DTX1, PTX2, 9 Dinophysis ovum Schütt, 1895 Europe, US OA 10 Phalacroma mitra F.Schütt, 1895 Tropical DTX1 11 Dinophysis rotundata Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 Worldwide OA, DTXs, PTXs There are over 200 species described, with few species appeared in high abundance. So far 11 species are known to produce toxins. The rest are unknown in terms of toxin production due to difficulty in having significant numbers of cell because most of them are scare in density and culturing techniques are unavailable yet.
Other more than 200 species Not yet analized