A living cell (arrows=girdle and sulcus), (arrowheads=Y-formed axostyle with forked ends). (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 23-32 µm, width 15-19 µm.
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Gymnodinioid cell with a Y-formed internal skeletal element (=axostyle)
Similar species:
Distribution: British Columbia, Kamchatka, Skagerrak
Literature:
Simakova, N. K. & Konovalova, G. V. 1995. New and rare species of
Dinophyta from Avachi bay (Kamchatka). Botanicheskii Zhurnal (St.
Petersburg). 80: 94-97.
Sournia, A. 1986. "Atlas du phytoplankton marin. Volume I: Introduction, Cyanophycées, Dictyochophycées, Dinophycées et Raphidophycées. Editions du Centre National de la recherche scientifique, Paris. pp. 219
Taylor, F. J. R. & Cattell, S. A. 1969. Discroerisma psilonereiella Gen. et Sp. N., a new dinoflalgellate from British Columbia coastal waters. Protistologica. 5: 169-172.