| Major Taxonomic
Group: Dinoflagellates
Size and Shape:
30 µm long,
20 µm wide. Epicone and hypocone nearly equal, hypocone bears a
stubby
spine at the apex.
Plastids and
Pigments: Typical peridinin-type
plastid. Has a large obvious pyrenoid.
Distinguishing
features: The posterior
spine and large pyrenoid.
Distribution:
Worldwide in brackish
and marine waters.
Impact:
References:
Lewitus,
A.J., Schmidt, L.B.,
Mason, L.J., Kempton, J.W., Wilde, S.B., Wolny, J.L., Williams, B.J.,
Hayes,
K.C., Hymel, S.N., Keppler, C.J., and Ringwood, A.H. (2003) Harmful
algal
blooms in South Carolina residential and golf course ponds. Population
and Environment. 24: 387-413.
Morrill, L. C. & Loeblich III, A.
R.
1981. A survey for body
scales in the dinoflagellates and a revision of Cachonina and
Heterocapsa
(Pyrrophyta). J. Plank. Res. 3: 53-65:
Pennick, N. C. & Clarke, K. J. 1977.
`The
occurrence of scales in
the peridinian dinoflagellate Heterocapsa triquetra (Ehrenb.) Stein'.
Br.
Phycol. J., 12: 63-66.
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. |
