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Pyrodinium bahamense, considered the sister taxon to Alexandrium, is a tropical euryhaline dinoflagellate found mainly in the Atlantic Ocean. P. bahamense is a major cause of seafood toxicity and cause of paralytic shellfish poisoning, especially in Southeast Asia.
Pyrodinium bahamense
Pond next to Visitors' Center in Monocacy National Battlefield
Algal Bloom
Illustration of Pseudo-nitzschia australis (Diatom)
Pseudo-nitzschia australis (Diatom)
A microscopic algae (Trentepohlia aurea v. polycarpa) growing on Monterey cypress trees in Point Lobos State Reserve, California. The orange color comes from one of the pigments, beta carotene
Algae on Monterey cypress trees
A microscopic algae (Trentepohlia aurea v. polycarpa) growing on Monterey cypress trees in Point Lobos State Reserve, California. The orange color comes from one of the pigments, beta carotene
Algae on Monterey cypress trees
A microscopic algae (Trentepohlia aurea v. polycarpa) growing on Monterey cypress trees in Point Lobos State Reserve, California. The orange color comes from one of the pigments, beta carotene
Algae on Monterey cypress trees
Perhaps a mucilaginous aggregate event in the waters near the Cape of St. Vincent. It was definitely not upwelling sediment; the masses stayed intact and did not disperse, but moved around in the ocean waves.
Algae blooms?
Thick matt of benthic microalgae
Benthic Microalgae
A dense layer of oxygen bubbles formed from a benthic algal/bacterial mat
Oxygen bubbles from algae/bacteria on sediment…
Illustration of Amphidinium crassum (Dinoflagellate)
Amphidinium crassum (Dinoflagellate)
Illustration of Amphidinium operculatum (Dinoflagellate) , an epi-benthic/epiphytic algae that is considered toxic and linked to ciguatera toxins.
Amphidinium operculatum (Dinoflagellate)
Illustration of Asterionellopsis glacialis (Diatom)
Asterionellopsis glacialis (Diatom)
Illustration of Chaetoceros affinis (Diatom)
Chaetoceros affinis (Diatom)
Illustration of Chattonella spp.
Chattonella spp
Illustration of Chlamydomonas
Chlamydomonas
Illustration of Coccolithophore spp.
Coccolithophore
Illustration of Cyclotella spp.
Cyclotella
Illustration of a single Cyclotella
Cyclotella: single
Illustration of a dinoflagellate
Dinoflagellate 1
Illustration of a second type of dinoflagellate
Dinoflagellate 2
Illustration of a third Dinoflagellate
Dinoflagellate 3
Illustration of a dinoflagellate cyst
Dinoflagellate cyst 1
Illustration of a second type of Dinoflagellate cyst
Dinoflagellate cyst 2
Illustration of a third type of Dinoflagellate cyst
Dinoflagellate cyst 3
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