Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Myzozoa > Subphylum Dinozoa > Infraphylum Dinoflagellata > Class Dinophyceae > Order Gonyaulacales > Family Ostreopsidaceae > Genus Ostreopsis

Ostreopsis ovata Fukuyo, 1981

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ostreopsis*	J.Schmidt, 1901	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Fukuyo Y. 1981. Taxonomical study on benthic dinoflagellates collected in coral reefs. Bull. Jap. Soc. Sci. Fish. 47: 967-978.
basis of record	Gómez, F., 2005. A list of free-living dinoflagellate species in the world’s oceans. Acta Bot. Croat. 64 (1), 129-212.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Algaebase
additional source	Brandt, S. (2001). Dinoflagellates, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 47-53
additional source	Moestrup, Ø., Akselman, R., Cronberg, G., Elbraechter, M., Fraga, S., Halim, Y., Hansen, G., Hoppenrath, M., Larsen, J., Lundholm, N., Nguyen, L. N., Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards). IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.
additional source	Chang, F.H.; Charleston, W.A.G.; McKenna, P.B.; Clowes, C.D.; Wilson, G.J.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Myzozoa: dinoflagellates, perkinsids, ellobiopsids, sporozoans, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 175-216.
additional source	Tomas, C.R. (Ed.) (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp.
additional source	Steidinger, K. A., M. A. Faust, and D. U. Hernández-Becerril. 2009. Dinoflagellates (Dinoflagellata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 131–154 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College
additional source	Penna, A., Fraga, S., Battocchi, C., Casabianca, S., Giacobbe, M. G., Riobó, P. & Vernesi, C. 2010. A phylogeographical study of the toxic benthic dinoflagellate genus Ostreopsis Schmidt. Journal of Biogeography 37:830-41.
toxicology source	Nakajima I., Oshima Y. & Yasumoto T. 1981. Toxicity of benthic dinoflagellates in Okinawa. Bull. Jap. Soc. Sci. Fish. 47: 1029-1033.
toxicology source	Lenoir S., Ten-Hage L., Turquet J., Quod J.-P., Bernard C. & Hennion M.-C. 2004. First evidence of palytoxin analogues from an Ostreopsis mascarenensis (Dinophyceae) benthic bloom in Southwestern Indian Ocean. J. Phycol. 40: 1042-1051.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
GenBank (98 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Ostreopsis ovata Fukuyo, 1981. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110068