''Karlodinium decipiens'' is a species of unarmored
dinoflagellate
The dinoflagellates (Greek δῖνος ''dinos'' "whirling" and Latin ''flagellum'' "whip, scourge") are a monophyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes constituting the phylum Dinoflagellata and are usually considered algae. Dinoflagellates are ...
s from the genus ''
Karlodinium''. It was first isolated from the Australian region of the
Southern Ocean
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, but has a widespread distribution, through the Southern Ocean to the
Tasman Sea
The Tasman Sea ( Māori: ''Te Tai-o-Rēhua'', ) is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about across and about from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer ...
, to the coast of Spain. It is large-sized and is characterized by having a helicoidal
chloroplast
A chloroplast () is a type of membrane-bound organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells. The photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll captures the energy from sunlight, converts it, and stores it ...
arrangement and a big central nucleus. It is considered potentially
ichthyotoxic.
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Species described in 2008
Gymnodiniales
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