A = Two living cells with one chloroplast (BF); B = Hypotheka, dry preparation (arrowheads=ornamentation?) (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: length c. 24 µm.
Resting spore:
Note: Incomplete description
Distinctive features:
Similar species: Amphidinium acutissimum O. caudatum O. variabile
Distribution:
Literature:
Dodge, J. D. & Saunders, R. D. 1985. A partial revesion of the
genus Oxytoxum (Dinophyceae) with aid of scanning electron
microscopy. Botanica Marina. 28: 99-122.
Schiller, J. 1937. Dinoflagellatae (Peridineae) in monographischer Behandlung. Teil 2. In " Dr. L. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz."akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig. 589 pp.