Odontella sinensis (Greville) Grunow
Publication details
Odontella sinensis (Greville) Grunow 1884: 49, pl. III: fig. 24
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Odontella is Odontella aurita (Lyngbye) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Biddulphia sinensis Greville
Type information
Type locality: Harbour of Hong Kong (Hendey 1964: 105). Type: BM slide 2998 (Hendey 1964: 105).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Biddulphia sinensis Greville 1866
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Odontella sinensis (Greville) Grunow)
Europe: Netherlands (Dijkman & Kromkamp 2007, Gittenberger et al. 2010 
).
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Anon 2011).
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).
Asia: Taiwan (Anon. 2012).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).
Key references
Dijkman, N.A. & Kromkamp, J.C. (2007). Photosynthetic characteristics of the phytoplankton in the Scheldt estuary: community and single-cell fluorescence measurements. European Journal of Phycology 41: 425-434.
Gittenberger, A., Rensing, M., Stegenga, H. & Hoeksema, B. (2010). Native and non-native species of hard substrata in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Nederlandse faunistische Mededelingen No. 33: 21-75.
Gómez, F. & Souissi, S. (2010). The diatoms Odontella sinensis, Coscinodiscus wailesii and Thalassiosira punctigera in the European Atlantic: recent introductions or overlooked in the past?. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 19: 1424-1433.
Gómez, F. (2008). Phytoplankton invasions: comments on the validity of categorizing the non-indigenous dinoflagellates and diatoms in European Seas. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 620-628.
Tomas, C.R., Eds (1996). Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. pp. 1-858. San Diego: Academic Press Inc.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Odontella&species=sinensis
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Odontella&Species=sinensis
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 03 August 2010 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Gómez, F. & Souissi, S. (2010). The diatoms Odontella sinensis, Coscinodiscus wailesii and Thalassiosira punctigera in the European Atlantic: recent introductions or overlooked in the past?. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 19: 1424-1433.
Kroth-Pancic, P.G., Freier, U., Strotmann, H. & Kowallik, K.V. (1995). Molecular structure and evolution of the chloroplast atpB/E gene cluster in the diatom Odontella sinensis. Journal of Phycology 31: 962-969, 6 figs.
Pickett-Heaps, J.D., Hill, D.R.A. & Wetherbee, R. (1986). Cellular movement in the centric diatom Odontella sinensis. Journal of Phycology 22: 334-339, 9 figs.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:92585
