A = A colony (DIC); B = Cell; C= Lorica (B&C=Dry preparation, DIC); D = Loricae (DIC); E = Part of colony with empty loricae (PC)
Life-form: Colony
Size: Lorica length 32-66 µm, width 3-5 µm
Resting spore:
Note: Mixotrophic (Mckenzie et al.1995)
Distinctive features:
Similar species:
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
McKenzie, C. H., Deibel, D., Paranjape, M. A. & Thompson, R. J.
1995. The marine mixotroph Dinobryon balticum (Chrysophyceae):
Phagotrophy and survival in a cold ocean. Journal of Phycology. 31:
19-24.
Throndsen, J. 1993. The planktonic marine flagellates. In: (Tomas eds.) Marine Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and coccolithophorids. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 7-145.