Gonyaulax catanella

Gonyaulax catanella
A marine dinoflagellate protozoan that produces a powerful toxin that accumulates in the tissues of mussels and other filter-feeding shellfish and may cause fatal mussel poisoning in humans. [G. gony, knee, + aulakos, a furrow]

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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