A living cell (BF); arrowhead=pyrenoid
Life-form: Solitary
Size: length 9-14 µm.
Resting spore:
Note: The cell readly rounds up
Distinctive features: Epicone longer and broader compared to the hypocone
Similar species: Heterocapsa minima
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Literature:
Hansen, G. 1989. Ultrastructure and morphogenesis of scales in
Katodinium rotundatum (Lohmann) Loeblich (Dinophyceae).
Phycologia., 28: 385-394.
Hansen, G. 1995. Analysis of the thecal plate pattern in the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa rotundata (Lohmann) comb. nov. (= Katodinium rotundatum (Lohmann) Loeblich). Phycologia., 34: 166-170.
Lohmann, H. 1908. Untersuchungen zur Feststellungen des vollständigen Gehaltes des Meeres an Plankton. Wissensch. Meeresuntersuchungen, Abt. Kiel, NF., 10: 131-370.