A living cell at different focal planes. (BF)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 39-60 µm, width 22-44 µm.
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Cell pyriform with a long apical horn, two three-winged antapical horns. 1'-plate is meta and 2a-plate is penta
Similar species:
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.