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Ostreopsis
Sign in to saveOstreopsis is a genus of free-living dinoflagellates found in marine environments. Some species are benthic; the planktonic species in the genus are known for the toxic algal blooms that they sometimes cause, threatening human and animal health.
Species
オストレオプシス属
GENUS
- KingdomChromista
- PhylumMyzozoa
- ClassDinophyceae
- OrderGonyaulacales
- FamilyOstreopsidaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 319
- With media
- 249
- Family
- Ostreopsidaceae
- Collections
- US
- Recorded in
- Puerto Rico, Comoros
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- Parent taxon
- Ostreopsidaceae
- Image
- Ostreopsis cf ovata.jpg
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- Taxonomy
- Distribution and habitat
- Toxicity
- Species
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Ostreopsis is a genus of free-living dinoflagellates found in marine environments. Some species are benthic; the planktonic species in the genus are known for the toxic algal blooms that they sometimes cause, threatening human and animal health.
==Taxonomy== The taxonomy of this genus is problematic. When in 1901, Schmidt first created the genus Ostreopsis, he described the type species O. siamensis from the phytoplankton in the waters of the Gulf of Thailand. However, there were anomalies in the original drawing made by Schmidt, and O. siamensis was redescribed by Fukuyo in 1981; at the same time, Fukuyo introduced two new species, O. lenticularis and O. ovata.
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