Culture details

PLY461 Heterosigma akashiwo (Hada ex Hara et Chihara 1987)

  • Division: Chromophyta
  • Class: Raphidophyceae
  • Authentic culture: No
  • Synonym Heterosigma
  • Area collected: Oslofjord
  • Other info: 59°53'N 10°42'E
  • Collected by: J. Throndsen
  • Date collected:
  • Date isolated: 22 Sept 1964
  • Isolated by: J. Throndsen
  • Identified by: Y. Hara
  • Received from: J. Throndsen
  • Date received: October 1968
  • Received as:
  • Length (µm): 15.00-30.00 µm
  • Width (µm):
  • Original description: Hada, Y (1967). Protozoan plankton of the Inland Sea, Setonaikai. I. The Mastigophora. Bulletin of the Suzugamine Womens' College of Natural Sciences, 13, 1-26.
  • Other references: Present description: Hara, Y. & Chihara, C. 1987. Morphology, ultrastructure and taxonomy of the raphidophycean alga Heterosigma akashiwo. Bot. Mag. Tokyo 100: 151-163. Hada, Y (1967). Protozoan plankton of the Inland Sea, Setonaikai. I. The Mastigophora and Sarcodina. Bulletin of the Suzugamine Womens' College of Natural Sciences, 13, 1-26. Hara, Y., Inouye, I. & Chihara, M. (1985). Morphology and ultrastructure of Olisthodiscus luteus (Raphidophyceae) with special reference to the taxonomy. Bot. Mag. Tokyo, 98, 251-262. Leadbeater, B.S.C. (1969). A fine structural study of Olisthodicus luteus Carter. Br. Phycol. J., 4, 3-17. Chang F. H., Anderson C. & Boustead N. C. 1990. First record of a Heterosigma (Raphidophyceae) bloom with associated mortality of cage-reared salmon in Big Glory Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 24: 461-469. Honjo T. 1993. Overview on bloom dynamics and physiological ecology of Heterosigma akashiwo. In: Toxic Phytoplankton Blooms in the Sea (Ed. by T.J. Smayda & Y. Shimizu), pp. 33-41. Elsevier, Amsterdam. Smayda T.J. 1998. Ecophysiology and bloom dynamics of Heterosigma akashiwo (Raphidophyceae). In: Physiological Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms (Ed. by D.M. Anderson, A.D. Cembella & G.M. Hallegraeff), pp. 113-131. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.
  • Notes: Reisolated from original isolation 28 Oct 1959 Previously identified as Olisthodiscus luteus N. Carter. Shown by Hara et al. (1985) to be H. akashiwo from exaimination of material deposited at CCAP. Deposited CCAP5 5 May 1972; also 1992
  • Other collections: CCAP 934/1
  • Toxicity: No record
  • Medium: ¼ErdS:ASP2