TABLE I. NOXIOUS FLAGELLATES
P r 0 ti a t a
Type of poiaoning in man
to man*
Diatributwn
Potentially dangeroua
Reference
Gbrmnodiniidae
Amphidinium sp.
.
. Temperate waters
Cochlodinium catenaturn Okamura
. . Japan
Uymnodinium brevia Davis
.
. Gulf of Mexico and
coasts of Florida
Gymnodinium sp.
.
. South Africa
Uymnodinium galatheanurn Braarud .
. Southwest Africa
Gymnodinium mikomotoi Miyaki et Kominani Japan
Gymnodinium splendens Lebour .
. Washington and
British Columbia
Uymnodinium veneficum Ballantine . . English Channel
Noctilucidae
Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Ehrenb. . World-wide
8 n
*
*
Miyajima (1934)
F 4
Hunter (1962)
Respiratory irritant Wilson and Ray (1956)
m
u
Woodcock (1948)
Lackey and Hynes (1955)
9
Paralytic shellfish Sapeika (1958)
Braarvd (1957)
Miyajima (1934)
poisoning
*
*
*
Nightingale (1936)
*
Ballantine and Abbott (1957)
*
Aiyar (1936)
Periainiih
G o n y a u h catenella Whedon et Kofoid
. Pacific coast of
Paralytic shellfish Whedon and Kofoid (1936)
North America
poisoning
Sommer et aZ. (1937)