Olisthodiscus luteus N.Carter 1937
Publication Details
Olisthodiscus luteus N.Carter 1937: 19, pl. 3: figs 25-40; pl. 8: figs 19-24
Published in: Carter, N. (1937). New or interesting algae from brackish water. Archiv für Protistenkunde 90: 1-68.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Olisthodiscus.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England; (INA 1996) Type: brackish water pond; (INA 1996) Notes: Lectotype: illustration of a single cell in plate 3, fig. 29 in Carter 1937 (Barcyte et al., 2021: 1114).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), yellow.
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 02 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 October 2021
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Taxonomic note
"Another thing I noticed in the list, you have Olisthodiscus luteus as a synonym of Heterosigma. That is what people believed from 1969 to 1983 when true Olistodiscus luteus was found in Japan (I think it was reported for the first time in the abstracts from the first phycological congress in Newfoundland). We also found it in Denmark and have both Heterosigma akashiwo and Olisthidiscus luteus in SCCAP. They are very different and actually belong to different classes but forget about that for moment, it has not been published yet! Just include Nellie Carter's nice species Olisthodiscus luteus in the Raphidophycae. It is a beautiful flat species (just as she described it) which swims along the bottom like a ray (without rotating), while Haterosigma akashiwo is a planktonic species which rotates all the time. It is barely flattened." Ø. Moestrup, e-mail 18 November 2013. - (19 November 2013) - M.D. Guiry
Usage note
Harmful species - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2025
