Gonyaulax catanella

Gonyaulax catanella: especie de protozoos planctónicos productores de una toxina que son ingeridos por los crustáceos de las costas norteamericanas, lo que provoca una intoxicación por marisco.

Diccionario médico. 2013.

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Gonyaulax catanella — A marine dinoflagellate protozoan that produces a powerful toxin that accumulates in the tissues of mussels and other filter feeding shellfish and may cause fatal mussel poisoning in humans. [G. gony, knee, + aulakos, a furrow] … Medical dictionary
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