A new diatom species P. hallegraeffii sp. nov. belonging to the toxic genus Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) from the East Australian Current.

A new species belonging to the toxin producing diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia, P. halle graeffii sp. nov., is delineated and described from the East Australian Current (EAC). A total of 18 Pseudo-nitzschia species, including three confirmed toxigenic species (P. cuspidata, P. multistriata and P. australis) have now been unequivocally confirmed from eastern Australia.
The data has been acquired on the following RV Investigator voyage <a href=\"https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=IN2016_V04\">IN2016_V04</a> with links to additional metadata, datasets, events, deployments, publications etc.
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