A = Whole cell with its long tentacle; B&C = Cell body with projecting lip (=arrowhead) and cingulum (=arrow); D&E = Gymnodinioid stages. (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Mature stage: length 100-163 µm, width 89-120 µm; Gymnodinioid stage length 110-200 µm.
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Very small epicone, mature stage with a long unstriated tentacle
Similar species:
Distribution: Atlantic, Skagerrak, Mediterranean
Literature:
Cachon, J. & Cachon, M. 1967. Contribution a l'etude des
Noctilucidae Saville-Kent. I. Les Kofoidininae Cachon, J. et M.
evolution, morphologique et systematique. Protistologica. 3:
427-444.
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Steidinger, K. A. & Tangen, K. 1996. Dinoflagellates. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 387-584.