A = Living cells (DIC); B = A living cell with one flagellum (=arrowhead) (PC); C = Cells in lugol (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary flagellate
Size: length 8-50 µm
Resting spore:
Note: It was common in May 1998 with a maximum of c. 10 million cells per litre (Edler & Hernroth 1999)
Distinctive features:
Similar species:
Distribution:
Literature:
Edler, L. & Hernroth, B. 1999. Planktonåret 1998. In:
HAVSMILJÖN, aktuell rapport om miljötillståndet i
Kattegatt, Skagerrak och Öresund, juni 1999, ISSN 1104-3458. In
SWEDISH, 23 pp.