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Vulcanodinium rugosum is a species of dinoflagellate first described in 2011 based on samples collected from the French coast of the Mediterranean Sea.[1][2] It is thecate and its specific epithet is a reference to the striated appearance of its surface. It is the type species of the genus Vulcanodinium. Molecular phylogenetics suggests that it belongs in the order Peridiniales.[2] Studies of the species in culture suggest it has at least two stages in its life cycle, one motile, thecate, and likely planktonic, and one nonmotile, athecate, and likely epibenthic.[3] The species is photosynthetic and seems to prefer warm saline environments.[3][4] It is found at least in warm Pacific and Mediterranean waters, and is likely globally distributed.[4][5]
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V. rugosum is notable as the source organism for a family of marine macrocyclic neurotoxins known as pinnatoxins, first identified in association with molluscs of the genus Pinna.[5] Production of toxin, and the distribution of pinnatoxin types, appears to depend on both environmental conditions and strain.[4][5]
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