Aureodinium pigmentosum Dodge, 1967

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Aureodinium pigmentosum

Living cells (arrowheads=pyrenoids), (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Aureodinium pigmentosum
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Living cells (arrowheads=pyrenoids), (DIC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Two or more chloroplasts with stalked pyrenoids
Other remarks
It was common during the summer in Gullmarsfjorden
Life form
Solitary
Size
C. 10X7 µm
Literature
Dodge, J. D. 1967. Fine structure of the dinoflagellate Aurodinium pigmentosum gen. et spec. nov. British Phycological Bulletin. 3: 327-336.
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.