gonyaulax
See also: Gonyaulax
English
a gonyaulax (Gonyaulax spinifera)
Etymology
Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) + αὖλαξ (aûlax, “furrow”)
Noun
gonyaulax
- An alga of the genus Gonyaulax.
- 1974, Harold Judson Humm, Bioactive compounds from the sea, page 116:
- Recently, a gonyaulax toxin was purified from an axenic culture of the alga, Gonyaulax catanella, and this toxin has been shown to be chemically identical with saxitoxin (Schantz et al., 1966).
- 2003, Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology, page 409:
- Oval, strongly pigmented cells with a gonyaulax-like girdle displacement.
- 2011, Charlie White, Living off the Sea:
- Most shellfish lose their toxins almost completely within four to six weeks after a gonyaulax outbreak.
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