Ostreopsis ovata Y.Fukuyo 1981

Current name: Ostreopsis ovata Y.Fukuyo
Italy. Skin reaction on Professor G. Felicini's armGianni Felicini (gfelih@alice.it)

Publication Details
Ostreopsis ovata Y.Fukuyo 1981: 971, 972, figs 35-38

Published in: Fukuyo, Y. (1981). Taxonomical study on benthic dinoflagellates collected in coral reefs. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 47: 967-978.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ostreopsis is Ostreopsis siamensis Johs. Schmidt.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Pacific Ocean: French Polynesia, New Caledonia and the Ryukyu Islands; (Faust & Gulledge 2002: 51) Holotype: Iconotypus: fig. 36 (epitype) (Faust & Gulledge 2002: 51)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), ovate (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 June 2024

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Distributional note
Ostreopsis cf. ovata: Adriatic Sea; Tyrrhenian Sea; Brazil; Ligurian Sea; Balearic Sea; Thailand; Ecuador; Indonesia; Korea; Reunion Island: Japan (Carnicer et al., 2016, citing various authors). - (18 November 2016) - G.M. Guiry

Usage note
Producer of a toxic butanol-soluble compound, perhaps a palytoxin analogue, as in some other species of Ostreopsis. Faust & Gulledge (2002: 51) notes that this species produces an unnamed toxin. An epiphytic toxic dinoflagellate (Monti & Cecchin, 2012 citing Ciminiello et al., 2006: 2008: Guerrini, 2010).Ostreopsis is a benthic and epiphytic dinoflagellate known to produce palytoxin-like compounds (Penna et al. 2012). Harmful species (Lassus et al. 2017). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 April 2025