O. labens sp. nov., is described from three marine habitats: lagoonal water and lagoonal sand from the barrier reef of Belize, and associated with macroalgae from coral reef habitats of Oshigaki and Iriomote Islands, Japan. O. labens was most numerous

Individuals of Ostreopsis, a genus containing potentially toxic species which affects human health, were collected during summer-autumn 2010 and 2011 from 17 sites located along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula, a temperate area which during

The distribution of benthic Ostreopsis species is poorly known in the Moroccan coasts. The current study is aiming to investigate: i) the distribution of Ostreopsis spp. cells on macroalgae and in the seawater column of the Cape Ghir area (North-West