A = A living cell (observe offset of girdle); B-E = Cells infected by Amoebophrya; F = A living cell at two focal planes (arrow=peduncle?, arrowhead= food particle) (A-B=B, C-E=epifluorescence microscopy)
Synonym(s): Glenodinium danicum Paulsen
1907
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 13-36 µm.
Resting spore:
Note: In Skagerrak samples mostly 15-20 µm long, larger specimen infected by Amoebophrya. Often with parts of cryptophytes and Pyramimonas in its cell. Found in all seasons
Distinctive features: A thin 1'-plate often difficult to observe in LM. Shape of cell and offset of the girdle
Similar species:
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
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.
Okolodkov, Y. B. & Dodge, J.D. 1995. Redescription of the planktonic dinoflagellate Peridiniella danica (Paulsen) comb. nov. and its distribution in the N.E. Atlantic. Eur. J. Phycol. 30: 299-306.
Paulsen, O. 1907. The Peridiniales of the Danish waters. Medd. Komm. f. Havundersøg. Serie Plankton. 1: 1-26.