| Pseudopfiesteria shumwayae | |
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| Pseudopfiesteria shumwayae SEM micrograph | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Myzozoa |
| Superclass: | Dinoflagellata |
| Class: | Dinophyceae |
| Order: | Thoracosphaerales |
| Family: | Pfiesteriaceae |
| Genus: | Pseudopfiesteria |
| Species: | P. shumwayae
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudopfiesteria shumwayae Glasgow & Burkholder
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Pseudopfiesteria shumwayae (formerly placed in the genus Pfiesteria; see 'Taxonomy' section below) is a species of heterotrophic dinoflagellates in the genus Pseudopfiesteria. It was first characterized in North Carolina in 2000.[1] It can acquire the ability for photosynthesis through eating green algae and retaining their chloroplasts. It can also turn predatory and toxic. Strains of Pseudopfiesteria shumwayae have been implicated in fish kills around the US east coast. Pseudopfiesteria shumwayae has been described as having a less complex life cycle than Pfiesteria piscicida.[2]
- ^ "NC State News Release, March 10, 2000: NC State Scientists Confirm Second Toxic Pfiesteria Species". Archived from the original on March 18, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
- ^ Burkholder JM, Glasgow HB, Deamer-Melia NJ, et al. (2001). "Species of the toxic Pfiesteria complex, and the importance of functional type in data interpretation". Environ. Health Perspect. 109 (Suppl 5). Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 109: 667–79. doi:10.2307/3454912. JSTOR 3454912. PMC 1240596. PMID 11677174.