A = A living cell; B = A cell in Lugol (A&B=DIC); C = Cell in epifluorescence microscope
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 36-75 µm, width 21-25 µm.
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Epicone very long, cell body 3 times as long as broad, many brown chlroplasts
Similar species: Torodinium teredo
Distribution:
Literature:
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.
Kofoid, C. A. & Swezy, O. 1921. The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Mem.Univ.California., 5: pp 562.