Epitheca (SEM)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Diameter = 22-34 µm.
Resting spore: +
Note:
Distinctive features: Plate formula: Po, 3', 1a, 6'', 4c, 5''', 2'''', 5s. First apical plate is of meta-type
Similar species: Oblea baculifera
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her
Majesty's Stationery Office, London. 303 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.
Lebour, M. V. 1922. Plymouth peridinians. I. Diplopsalis lenticula and its relatives. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 12: 795-812.
Lewis, J. 1990. The cyst-theca relationship of Oblea rotunda (Diplopsalidaceae, Dinophyceae). British phycological Journal. 25: 339-351.