A living cell (arrow=nematocyst, arrowhead=ocellus) (BF)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 38-58 µm.
Resting spore:
Note: Nematopsides was transferred to Nematodinium by Sournia (1986)
Distinctive features: Cell with nematocysts, ocellus and tentacle-like projection
Similar species:
Distribution:
Literature:
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her
Majesty's Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Drebes, G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. 186 pp.
Greuet, C. 1972. Les critères de détermination chez les péridiniens Warnowiidae Lindemann. Protistologica. 8: 461-469.
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.