A novel Gram-stain-positive, aerobic, non-motile actinobacterium, designated strain WP1T, was isolated from a deep-sea sediment sample collected from the Indian Ocean, and examined in a taxonomic study using a polyphasic approach. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain WP1T formed a distinct phyletic lineage in the genus Amycolatopsis and was closely related to A. magusensis KT2025T (97.8 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity), A. palatopharyngis 1BDZT (97.3 %) and A. marinaMs392AT (97.2 %). The isolate grew at 4-45 °C, pH 5-11 and in the presence of 0-8 % (w/v) NaCl. The cell wall of the novel strain contained meso-diaminopimelic acid and arabinose and galactose as the diagnostic sugars. Major fatty acids identified were iso-C16 : 0, C17 : 1ω8c and C17 : 1ω6c. The predominant menaquinones were MK-9(H4) and MK-7. The polar lipids detected were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylmethylethanolamine, four unknown phospholipids and one unknown glycolipid. The genomic DNA G+C content was 72.2 mol%. Strain WP1T displayed low DNA-DNA reassociation with A. magusensis DSM 45510T (mean value 36.2 %), A. palatopharyngis JCM 12460T (31.5 %) and A. marina JCM 16121T (29.7 %). Based on the data reported here, strain WP1T represents a novel species within the genus Amycolatopsis, for which the name Amycolatopsis albisporasp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is WP1T (=KCTC 39642T=MCCC 1A10745T).