The occurrence of paralytic shellfish toxins in two species of xanthid crab from Suva barrier reef, Fiji Islands
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 1983-01-01
- DOI
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- 10.1016/0041-0101(83)90132-0
- 公開者
- Elsevier BV
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説明
Five species of crabs commonly occurring on Suva barrier reef, Fiji Islands, were tested for the presence of paralytic shellfish toxins. All 35 specimens of Atergatis floridus and all 18 specimens of Zosimus aeneus tested were lethal to mice, whilst none of 12 specimens of Carpilius maculatus, 8 of C. convexus and 10 of Eriphia sebana tested were lethal. A. floridus contained saxitoxin (55--60%), neosaxitoxin (35--40%), gonyautoxin-II (less than 5%) and a new toxin previously found in a toxic dinoflagellate, Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressa, and tentatively coded PBT (1%). Z. aeneus contained the same components, with additional trace amounts of gonyautoxin-I and III, but neosaxitoxin was the major component in this species. Comparison with the results of testing Okinawan specimens of Z. aeneus, A. floridus and Platipodia granulosa suggests that the toxin profile is specific to species.
収録刊行物
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- Toxicon
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Toxicon 21 547-551, 1983-01-01
Elsevier BV