Colony (DIC&PC)
Life-form: Solitary flagellate and colony
Size: motile cell c. 5 µm long, colony up to 1.5-2 mm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Size and morphology of motile cell and colony
Similar species: Phaeocystis globosa Phaeocystis antarctica
Distribution:
Literature:
Inouye, I & Ishimaru, T. 1990. Haptophyceae. In "Red tide
organisms in Japan-An illustrated taxonomic guide". (Y. Fukuyo, H.
Takano, M. Chihara & K. Matsuoka eds) . Uchida Rokakuho, Tokyo,
p. 362-369.
Medlin, L. K., Lange, M. & Baumann, M. E. M. 1994. Genetic differentiation among three colony-forming species of Phaeocystis: further evidence for the phylogeny of the Prymnesiophyta. Phycologia. 33: 199-212.
Moestrup, Ø. & Larsen, J. 1992. Potentially toxic phytoplankton. 1. Haptophyceae (Prymnesiophyceae). In: Lindley, J. A. (ed.) ICES Identification leaflets for plankton. International Council for the exploration of the sea, Copenhagen, p. 1-11.