Gyrodinium corallinum Kofoid & Swezy

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Gyrodinium corallinum

A = Ventral view with girdle and sulcus and view on nucleus (=arrowheads); B = Cell at two focal planes; C = Dorsal view; D = Striation; E = Nucleus (=arrow) with ""peripheral vacuolate zone"" (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Gyrodinium corallinum
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = Ventral view with girdle and sulcus and view on nucleus (=arrowheads); B = Cell at two focal planes; C = Dorsal view; D = Striation; E = Nucleus (=arrow) with ""peripheral vacuolate zone"" (DIC)
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Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Girdle displaced, with many red inclusions, peculiar nucleus, striation
Other remarks

Distribution: California, Skagerrak
Size
Length 124-158 µm, width 52-80 µm
Literature
Kofoid, C. A. & Swezy, O. 1921. The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Mem.Univ.California., 5: pp 562.

Change History

  • 2012-02-02 11:51:11 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Gyrodinium corallinum_3.jpg
  • 2012-02-02 11:51:03 Malin Mohlin - Added media: Gyrodinium corallinum_3.jpg
  • 2012-02-02 11:48:40 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Gyrodinium corallinum_2.jpg
  • 2012-02-02 11:48:13 Malin Mohlin - Added media: Gyrodinium corallinum_2.jpg