Gymnodinium rubrum Kofoid & Swezy

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Gymnodinium rubrum

A = Ventral view with sulcus and girdle; B-D = Nucleus in the middle of cell. Observe the thick double nuclear membrane. (BF)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Gymnodinium rubrum
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = Ventral view with sulcus and girdle; B-D = Nucleus in the middle of cell. Observe the thick double nuclear membrane. (BF)
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Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Morphology
The nucleus has a characteristic double-membrane
Other remarks
The form of the cell is very variable
Distribution: Pacific, Skagerrak, Kattegat
Life form
Solitary
Size
length 65-80 (145) µm
Literature
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.
Kofoid, C. A. & Swezy, O. 1921. The free-living unarmored dinoflagellates. Mem. Univ. California. 5: 1-562
Schiller, J. 1933. Dinoflagellatae (Peridineae) in monographischer Behandlung. Teil 1. In Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora. 10, III: 617 pp.