A = A living cell; B = Squashed cell, notice nematocysts and nuclei; C&D = Cells with food particles. D Nematocyst-taeniocyst complex visible. All (BF).
Life-form: Pseudoconial
Size: Length 100-150 µm.
Resting spore: +, length: 80-160 µm, width 50-80 µm
Note:
Distinctive features: Pseudocolony with 2-8 zooids with 1-4 nuclei. Individual zooids not conspicuous. Cells containing nematocysts-taeniocysts
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.
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.
Reid, P.C. 1978. Dinoflagellate cysts in the plankton. New Phytol. 80: 219-229.