Morphological variability, toxinology and genetics of the potential lipophilic toxin-producer Dinophysis tripos

2 pages, 3 figures.-- The 14th International Conference on Harmful Algae was held in Hersonissos, Crete, 1-5 November 2010In recent years, Park et al. (2006) succeeded in cultivating the toxic dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata using a three-species approach including the ciliate Myrionecta rubra, as Dinophysis prey, grown with a cryptophyte (Teleaulax sp.). After this achievement, several other Dinophysis species have been brought into culture (D. caudata, D. fortii and D.infundibulus; Nagai et al., 2008; Nishitani et al., 2008a; b). In the present study we describe for the first time the morphological variability, genetics and toxin content in cultures of D. triposThis study was financed by MICINN (DIGEDINO Project, CTM2009-12988-C02-01/MAR). L. Escalera was funded by MIDTAL Project (FP7; Grant no.: 201724)N