A = A living cell (BF); B = A cell in Lugol (BF) (arrows = spiny scales)
Life-form: Swimming with one flagellum
Size: Cell-length 6.5-10 µm
Resting spore: -
Note:
Distinctive features: Six chloroplasts and four to nine spiny scales.
Similar species:
Distribution: Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, Arctic.
Literature:
Throndsen, J. 1969. Flagellates of Norwegian coastal waters. Nytt
Mag. Bot. 16: 161-216.
Throndsen, J. 1971. Apedinella gen. nov. and the fine structure of A. spinifera (Throndsen) comb. nov. Norw. J. Bot. 18: 47-64.
Throndsen, J. 1993. The planktonic marine flagellates. In: Marine Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and coccolithophorids/edited by Carmelo R. Tomas: 7-145.