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Amphidinium carterae

Amphidinium carterae
Scientific classification
(unranked): SAR
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Gymnodiniales
Family: Gymnodiniaceae
Genus: Amphidinium
Species: A. carterae
Binomial name
Amphidinium carterae
Hulburt, 1957
Synonyms
  • A. microcephalum R.E.Norris
  • A. klebsii Carter 1937

Amphidinium carterae is a species of dinoflagellates. It was first described by Edward M. Hulburt in 1957, and was named in honour of the British phycologist Nellie Carter-Montford. The type locality is Great Pond, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA. It is a toxic species.

Amphidinium carterae is known from both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean, the Bay of Fundy, the Gulf of Mexico, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It also occurs in Brazil and New Zealand. It is found in shallow waters in coastal bays and estuaries.

Amphidinium carterae is a toxic species and sometimes causes harmful algal blooms which are associated with marine, toxin-derived disease. The presence of this species adversely affects the embryonic development of sea urchins for example.

Amphidinium carterae is a photosynthetic organism and can be cultured in the laboratory under suitable conditions of temperature and light. It is a peridinin-containing dinoflagellate, and has been used as a model organism for research. It has a highly unusual chloroplast genome with genes mounted on many small minicircle elements, and an unusual pattern of RNA metabolism.


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