Heterocapsa rotundata (Lohmann) Hansen 1995

A living cell (BF); arrowhead=pyrenoid

SEM-pictures




Synonym(s): Amphidinium rotundatum Lohmann 1908 , Katodinium rotundatum (Lohmann) Loeblich III 1965

Life-form: Solitary

Size: length 9-14 µm.

Resting spore:

Note: The cell readly rounds up

Distinctive features: Epicone longer and broader compared to the hypocone

Similar species: Heterocapsa minima

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Literature:
Hansen, G. 1989. Ultrastructure and morphogenesis of scales in Katodinium rotundatum (Lohmann) Loeblich (Dinophyceae). Phycologia., 28: 385-394.

Hansen, G. 1995. Analysis of the thecal plate pattern in the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa rotundata (Lohmann) comb. nov. (= Katodinium rotundatum (Lohmann) Loeblich). Phycologia., 34: 166-170.

Lohmann, H. 1908. Untersuchungen zur Feststellungen des vollständigen Gehaltes des Meeres an Plankton. Wissensch. Meeresuntersuchungen, Abt. Kiel, NF., 10: 131-370.


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