Oltmannsiellopsis

Oltmannsiellopsis is a genus of marine colonial flagellate green algae[1] in the Oltmannsiellopsidaceae family of Chlorophyta.[3] It was named in reference to the similar genus Oltmannsiella.[1] It has three species, O. viridis, which forms four-celled colonies, O. unicellularis, which is single celled, and O. geminata, which forms two-celled colonies.[1] In Japanese it is called ウミイカダモ (umiikadamo).[4]

Oltmannsiellopsis
Scientific classification
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Oltmannsiellopsidales
Family: Oltmannsiellopsidaceae
Genus: Oltmannsiellopsis
M.Chihara & I.Inouye, 1986[1][2]
Type species
Oltmannsiellopsis viridis
(Hargraves & R.L.Steele) M.Chihara & I.Inouye, 1986[2]
Species
  • O. viridis (Hargraves & R.L.Steele) M.Chihara & I.Inouye, 1986
  • O. unicellularis I.Inouye & M.Chihara, 1986
  • O. geminata I.Inouye & M.Chihara, 1986

References
  1. Chihara, Mitsuo; Inouye, Isao; Takahata, Naohiro (1986). "Oltmannsiellopsis, a new Genus of Marine Flagellate (Dunaliellaceae, Chlorophyceae)". Archiv für Protistenkunde. 132 (4): 314–324. doi:10.1016/S0003-9365(86)80026-4. ISSN 0003-9365.
  2. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=Ye21b409fb53b3ea8 ; searched on 16 October 2017.
  3. NCBI webpage on Oltmannsiellopsis. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  4. Japan Oceanographic Data Center (2002) JODC taxonomic code of marine organisms (plankton). 2001 edition. In: Marine Organisms Data, accessed through http://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/bismal/j/JODC_J-DOSS/view/9025306 .


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