Dinoflagellates in Skagerrak-Kattegat

Dinoflagellates

There are 178 species in the list, but today only 96 have links to "species sheets". Species with an asterisk (*) are not illustrated. Click on the species name in the list to get to the species sheet. Arrows may be used to browse all species sheets. To view a list of species to the left of species sheets you should go to Dinoflagellates.

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Dinophyceae	Kattegat	Skagerrak
Achradina pulchra		X
Actiniscus pentasterias	X	X
Alexandrium angustitabulatum		X
Alexandrium minutum		X
Alexandrium ostenfeldii	X	X
Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax	X	X
Alexandrium tamarense	X	X
Amoebophrya ceratii		X
Amphidinium acutissimum*	X
Amphidinium crassum	X	X
Amphidinium incoloratum	X
Amphidinium longum	X	X
Amphidinium pelagicum		X
Amphidinium sphenoides	X	X
Amylax triacantha	X	X
Aureodinium pigmentosum	X	X
Ceratium arcticum	X	X
Ceratium arietinum	X	X
Ceratium candelabrum		X
Ceratium furca	X	X
Ceratium fusus	X	X
Ceratium horridum	X	X
Ceratium lineatum	X	X
Ceratium longipes	X	X
Ceratium macroceros	X	X
Ceratium tripos	X	X
Cochlodinium achromaticum		X
Cochlodinium helicoides cf.	X
Cochlodinium pellucidum		X
Cochlodinium pupa		X
Cochlodinium scintillans		X
Crypthecodinium cohnii		X
Dicroerisma psilonereiella		X
Dinophysis acuminata	X	X
Dinophysis acuta	X	X
Dinophysis arctica	X
Dinophysis caudata		X
Dinophysis dens	X	X
Dinophysis hastata	X
Dinophysis norvegica	X	X
Dinophysis ruudii		X
Dinophysis skagii		X
Dinophysis tripos	X	X
Diplopelta parva		X
Diplopelta pusilla	X
Diplopsalis lenticula	X	X
Diplopsalopsis bomba	X	X
Diplopsalopsis orbicularis	X	X
Dissodinium pseudolunula	X	X
Fragilidium subglobosum	X	X
Glenodinium foliaceum	X
Gonyaulax digitale	X	X
Gonyaulax grindleyi	X	X
Gonyaulax polygramma	X
Gonyaulax scrippsae		X
Gonyaulax spinifera	X	X
Gonyaulax verior	X	X
Gymnodinium abbreviatum		X
Gymnodinium elongatum	X	X
Gymnodinium cf. endofasciculum	X	X
Gymnodinium gracile	X
Gymnodinium heterostriatum		X
Gymnodinium lebourae	X
Gymnodinium lohmannii	X	X
Gymnodinium micrum	X
Gymnodinium mikimotoi	X	X
Gymnodinium ostenfeldii	X	X
Gymnodinium pseudonoctiluca	X
Gymnodinium pygmaeum	X
Gymnodinium rhomboides		X
Gymnodinium rubrocinctum	X
Gymnodinium rubrum	X	X
Gymnodinium sanguineum	X	X
Gymnodinium simplex	X
Gymnodinium stellatum		X
Gymnodinium vestificii	X	X
Gyrodinium aciculatum cf.	X
Gyrodinium aureolum cf.	X	X
Gyrodinium britannicum		X
Gyrodinium cochlea		X
Gyrodinium corallinum		X
Gyrodinium crassum	X
Gyrodinium dominans	X	X
Gyrodinium estuariale		X
Gyrodinium fusiforme	X	X
Gyrodinium grave		X
Gyrodinium herbaceum		X
Gyrodinium lachryma		X
Gyrodinium longum	X
Gyrodinium pepo cf.	X
Gyrodinium pingue		X
Gyrodinium pulchellum cf.	X
Gyrodinium resplendens	X
Gyrodinium spirale	X	X
Gyrodinium undulans	X	X
Heterocapsa cf. minima	X	X
Heterocapsa niei cf.	X	X
Heterocapsa rotundata	X	X
Heterocapsa triquetra	X	X
Katodinium glaucum	X	X
Kofoidinium velleloides		X
Lingulodinium polyedrum	X	X
Mesoporos perforatus	X	X
Micracanthodinium claytonii	X	X
Nematodinium armatum		X
Nematopsides vigilans	X	X
Noctiluca scintillans	X	X
Oblea rotunda	X	X
Oblea baculifera		X
Oxyrrhis marina	X	X
Oxytoxum gracile		X
Pentapharsodinium dalei	X	X
Peridiniella catenata	X	X
Peridiniella danica	X	X
Peridinium quinquecorne		X
Phalacroma rotundatum	X	X
Pheopolykrikos beauchampii		X
Podolampas palmipes		X
Polykrikos kofoidii		X
Polykrikos schwartzii	X	X
Preperidinium meunieri	X	X
Pronoctiluca pelagica		X
Prorocentrum balticum	X	X
Prorocentrum compressum	X	X
Prorocentrum lima		X
Prorocentrum micans	X	X
Prorocentrum minimum	X	X
Prorocentrum scutellum	X	X
Prorocentrum triestinum		X
Protoperidinium bipes	X	X
Protoperidinium breve	X
Protoperidinium brevipes	X	X
Protoperidinium cerasus	X	X
Protoperidinium claudicans		X
Protoperidinium conicoides	X	X
Protoperidinium conicum	X	X
Protoperidinium crassipes	X	X
Protoperidinium curtipes	X	X
Protoperidinium curvipes		X
Protoperidinium decipiens		X
Protoperidinium denticulatum	X	X
Protoperidinium depressum	X	X
Protoperidinium diabolum		X
Protoperidinium divergens	X	X
Protoperidinium excentricum	X	X
Protoperidinium granii	X	X
Protoperidinium islandicum	X
Protoperidinium laticeps	X
Protoperidinium leonis	X	X
Protoperidinium marielebourae		X
Protoperidinium minutum		X
Protoperidinium oblongum	X	X
Protoperidinium oblongum (Aurivillius) Parke et Dodge var. latidorsale Dangeard	X	X
Protoperidinium oceanicum	X	X
Protoperidinium cf. ovatum	X	X
Protoperidinium pallidum	X	X
Protoperidinium pellucidum	X	X
Protoperidinium pentagonum	X	X
Protoperidinium punctulatum	X	X
Protoperidinium pyriforme	X	X
Protoperidinium quarnerense		X
Protoperidinium roseum	X	X
Protoperidinium steinii	X	X
Protoperidinium subinerme	X	X
Protoperidinium thorianum	X	X
Pyrocystis lunula		X
Pyrophacus horologium	X	X
Sclerodinium calyptroglyphe	X	X
Scrippsiella crystallina		X
Scrippsiella lachrymosa		X
Scrippsiella mexicana		X
Scrippsiella trifida		X
Scrippsiella trochoidea	X	X
Spatulodinium pseudonoctiluca		X
Torodinium robustum	X	X
Torodinium teredo	X	X
Warnowia cf. polyphemus		X
Warnowia rosea cf.	X

The checklist is based on our own observations and on the following references:

Christensen, T., Koch, C. & Thomsen, H. A. 1985. Distribution of algae in danish salt and brackish waters. Institut for Sporeplanter, Copenhagen.

Heimdal, B. R., Hasle, G. R. & Throndsen, J. 1973. An annotated check-list of plankton algae from the Oslofjord, Norway (1951-1972). Norw. J. Bot. 20: 13-19.

Thomsen, H. A. 1992. Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Nr. 11. Copenhagen.

Throndsen, J. 1969. Flagellates of Norwegian coastal waters. Nytt Mag. Bot. 16: 161-216.

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