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Protoperidinium spp. |
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Peridinium |
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Description
A round to polygon shaped cell with one apical horn and two antapical horns. The body is armoured and covered in thecal plates. It has two obvious grooves: the sulcus (vertical) and the cingulum (horizontal).
The species is also known as a Peridinium.
Life-form: Solitary
| CPR:255 | ITIS:10340 | WORMS:109553 |
Distribution and Abundance
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Distribution 1958-1999 Dominance late summer |
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Size
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116-200 µm length 110-150 µm width |
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Similar spp/Variations
References/Further Reading
Balech E. 1974. Elgenero Protoperidinium Bergh, 1881 (Peridinium Ehrenberg, 1931, partim). Museo Argentino de ciencias naturales 'Bernadino Rivadavia' e Instituto nacional de investigacion de las ciencias naturales, Revista, Hidrobiologia 4: 1-79.
Dodge JD. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London.
Drebes G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart.
Hansen G. & Larsen J. 1992. Dinoflagellater i danske farvande. In: Thomsen, H. A. (ed.) Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Copenhagen.
Steidinger KA. & Tangen K. 1996. Dinoflagellates. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 387-584.
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