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Dinophysis acuminata
''Dinophysis acuminata'' is a marine plankton species belonging to the phylum Dinoflagellate that is found in coastal waters of the north Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The ''Dinophysis'' genus includes both phototrophic and heterotrophic species. ''D. acuminata'' is one of several phototrophic species of ''Dinophysis'' classed as toxic, as they produce okadaic acid which can cause diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP). Okadiac acid is taken up by shellfish and has been found in the soft tissue of mussels and the liver of flounder species. When contaminated animals are consumed, they cause severe diarrhoea. ''D. acuminata'' blooms are constant threat to and indication of diarrhoeatic shellfish poisoning outbreaks.
''Dinophysis acuminata'' is a photosynthesising ''Dinophysis'' species by acquiring secondary plastids from consuming the ciliate ''Myrionecta rubra'', which in turn had ingested them from the alga ''Teleaulax amphioxeia''. Thus, ''D. acuminata'' is a mixotroph, primarily a heterotroph, but autotroph once it acquires plastids. This is also an example of cell organelle stealing, the concept called kleptoplasty, and endosymbiosis.
== Description ==
''Dinophysis acuminata'' is an oval-shaped protist. It measures 30-35 μm in length and 38-58 μm in diameter. The body is reddish-brown in colour and is covered with an armour-like covering called theca, which is made up of cellulose. The anterior end has a crown-like platform, which is the smaller epitheca; while the posterior is simply rounded constituting a larger hypotheca. The cell has two flagella for locomotion. Reproduction is by simple binnary fission. In lateral view ''D. acuminata'' cells are irregularly egg-shaped, dorsally convex and have large hypothecal plates with a more or less oval shape. The dorsal contour is always more strongly convex than the ventral one. Compared to other species of ''Dinophysis'', ''D. acuminata'' has a more straight ventral margin and larger left sulcal lists with more prominent ribs. The nucleus is prominently at the centre of the cell. The unusual feature of the cell is that it contains reddish-brown chloroplast.〔
The taxonomic identification of ''Dinophysis'' species is largely based on cell contouring, size and shape of their large hypothecal plates and the shape of their left sulcal lists and ribs. When viewed laterally species in the ''Dinophysis'' genus are laterally compressed with a cap-like epitheca and a much larger hypotheca although the size and shape of these species varies greatly due to their polymorphic life cycle. Due to the morphological variability of ''Dinophysis'' species identification can be hard, especially when two species (''D. acuminata'' and ''D. sacculus'') co-exist. For this reason the term "''D. acuminata complex''" was coined to label a group of co-existing species difficult to discriminate.
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