A living cell (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 20-35 µm, width 15-20 µm.
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Form. Six precingular plates. Cells coulerless or slightly brown
Similar species:
Distribution: Atlantic, Mediterranean
Literature:
Balech, E. 1974. El genero Protoperidinium Bergh, 1881
(Peridinium Ehrenberg, 1831, partim). Mus. Argent. de ciencias
naturales "Bernadino Rivadavia" e Instit. nacional de invest. de las
ciencias nat., Rev., Hidrobiología. 4: 1-79.
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Drebes, G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. 186 pp.
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.