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Dinoflagellates

Pyrrophyta, red tides

Gymnodinium breve

Brevetoxin, kills fish feeding on plankton, tingling in mouth and fingers, diarrhea, low pulse rate, hot/cold perception problems

Gonyaulux sp.

Neurotoxins accumulate in shellfish, cause numbness, dizziness, muscle weakness, impaired respiration, death=respiratory failure

Pfiesteria piscida

Kills fish by sloughing of skin, lysing of RBCs, handled carefully in labs