| Toxin | Causal species | Symptoms | References |
---|---|---|---|---|
PSP | Saxitoxin and gonyautoxin | Alexandrium spp. Gymnodinium spp. Pyrodinium spp. | Tingling and numbness Drowsiness Incoherence In high doses - respiratory arrest or cardiovascular shock or death | |
DSP | Okadaic acid and Dinophysis toxin (1,2 and3) | Dinophysis spp. Prorcentrum spp. | Nausea Vomiting Diarrhoea Abdominal cramps | |
 | Pectenotoxin | Dinophysis spp. |  |  |
 | Yessotoxin | Gonyaulax spinifera Lingulodinium polyedrum Protoceratium reticulatum | In high doses - dehydration and shock |  |
AZP | Azaspiracids | Azadinium spinosum | Nausea Vomiting Diarrhoea Abdominal cramps | [22] |
ASP | Domonic acid | Pseudo-nitzschia | Nausea Vomiting Diarrhoea Abdominal cramps Loss of short term memory |