A living cell at different focal planes. (BF)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 75-85 µm, width 56-65 µm.
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: 1'-plate is meta. Theca is strongly reticulated with spines. Size
Similar species: P. crassipes P. curtipes P. depressum
Distribution: Worldwide ?
Literature:
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her
Majesty's Stationery Office, London. 303 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.
Steidinger K. A. & Tangen, K. 1996. Dinoflagellates. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 387-584.