Ostreopsis siamensis Johs. Schmidt 1901
Publication Details
Ostreopsis siamensis Johs. Schmidt 1901: 219, figs 5-7
Published in: Schmidt, J. (1901). Flora of Koh Chang. Contributions to the knowledge of the vegetation in the Gulf of Siam. Peridiniales. Botanisk Tidsskrift 24: 212-221.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Ostreopsis.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Gulf of Thailand, Thailand; (Faust & Gulledge 2002: 52) Lectotype: J. Schmidt. 1901; 218, fig. 5: Epitype: VNM-PQ218 ( formaldehyde-preserved material of strain VNPQ218) in Herb. Inst. Trop. Biol., Vietnam ; PHU Quoc Islands (10.379 N, 103.837E) (epitype) (Nguyen-Ngoc & al. 2021: 1062, fig. 2A) Notes: Gulf of Siam: Koh Chang Archip. (INA). Additional preserved materials of strain VNPQ218: E.56950 in ICOM and C-A-99691 in Nat. Hist. Mus., Denmark.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Emended description (Nguyen-Ngoc et al., 2021: 1064).
Created: 17 August 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 June 2024
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Distributional note
The records for Italy and Spain cited by Penna et al. (2005: 214) refer to O. cf siamensis. - (21 August 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Usage note
Faust & Gulledge (2002: 52) notes this is a toxin producing species, it produces an analog of palytoxin. 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 01 April 2025
