A = Cell with many spines emerging along the girdle; B&C = Spines on the epitheca (arrows=basal thicker part); D&E Cells with spines; F = Apical view. All cells from Lugol samples. DIC
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 12-20 (34) µm.
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Fine spines orginate from the borders of the girdle
Similar species: Micracanthodinium setiferum
Distribution: North Atlantic, North sea, Skagerrak
Literature:
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her
Majesty's Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Dodge, J. D. 1995. Thecal structure, taxonomy, and distribution of the planktonic dinoflagellate Micracanthodinium setiferum (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae). Phycologia. 34: 307-312.
Holmes, R. W. 1956. The annual cycle of phytoplankton in the Labrador Sea, 1950-51. Bulletin Bingham Oceanographic College. 16: 1-74.