A = Two cells; B = Ventral view with 1'-plate; C = Side view. (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 80-100 µm, width 80-105 µm.
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Cell with greater width than length, 1'-plate is meta and 2a-plate is quadra
Similar species: Protoperidinium crassipes Protoperidinium divergens Protoperidinium brochii
Distribution:
Literature:
Drebes, G.1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der
Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme
Verlag, Stuttgart.186 pp
Elbrächter, M. 1975. Taxonomical notes on North Sea Dinoflagellates I. Kieler Meeresforsch. 31:58-64.,
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.