Nematopsides vigilans (Marshall) Greut 1972

A living cell (arrow=nematocyst, arrowhead=ocellus) (BF)




Synonym(s): Proterythropsis vigilans Marshall 1925

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.


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