Meanings
- An alga of the genus Gonyaulax.
Oval, strongly pigmented cells with a gonyaulax-like girdle displacement.
2003, Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology, page 4092 more examples
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).
1974, Harold Judson Humm, Bioactive compounds from the sea, page 116Most shellfish lose their toxins almost completely within four to six weeks after a gonyaulax outbreak.
2011, Charlie White, Living off the Sea
Origin
- Ancient Greekγόνυ“knee”
- Englishgonyaulax
Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) + αὖλαξ (aûlax, “furrow”)
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