A = Ventral view; B = Apical view; C = A living cell, antapical view; D = Antapical view. A,B&C cell stained with calcofluor white and observed under the epifluorescence microscope; C (BF)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Diameter = 60-85 µm.
Resting spore: +
Note: Two forms of this species are discussed by Hansen & Larsen (1992). According to Steidinger & Tangen (1996) Diplopsalopsis has 7''
Distinctive features: Plateformula: Po, 3', 2a, 6'', 4c, 5''', 2'''', 5s. Theca punctate.
Similar species:
Distribution: Worldwide
Literature:
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her
Majesty's Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Dodge, J. D. & Toriumi, S. 1993. A taxonomic revision of the Diplopsalis group (Dinophyceae). Botanica Marina. 36: 137-147.
Drebes, G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. 186 pp.
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.