“…Paralytic shell sh toxins (PSTs) are mainly produced by marine dino agellates, such as Alexandrium, Gymnodinium, and Gonuaulax spp, and accumulated in lter-feeding bivalves (Liu et al, 2004;Asakawa et al,2006;Shin et al, 2018). Bivalves commonly contaminated with PSTs include saltwater clams (Meretrix lyrata, Siliqua patula, Paphi subtriangulata, Saxidomus giganteus), mussels (Perna viridis, Mytilus edulis), scallops (Amusium pleuonectes, Mimachlamys nobilis, Argopecten irradians), oysters Crassostrea rivularis), sea snail (Haliotis tuberculate) and crab (Zosimus aeneus), among other edible marine organisms (Bricelj & Shumway, 1998;Tan & Ransangan, 2015).…”