Amphidinium acutissimum Schiller 1933




Synonym(s):

Life-form: Solitary

Size: Length18-20 µm, width 6.5-7.5 µm.

Resting spore:

Note: It could easily be confused with Oxytoxum gracile in this checklist (cf. Schiller 1933, Fig. 263b)

Distinctive features: Form and many small chloroplasts

Similar species:

Distribution: Adria, Kattegat

Literature:
Hansen, G. & Larsen, J. 1992. Dinoflagellater i danske farvande. In: Thomsen, H. A. (ed.) Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Copenhagen, p. 45-155.

Schiller, J. 1933. Dinoflagellatae (Peridineae) in monographischer Behandlung. Teil 1. In Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora. 10, III: 617 pp.


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