Prorocentrum triestinum Schiller, 1918

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Prorocentrum triestinum

A = A living cell; B = Half theca with spine; C = Different living cells (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Prorocentrum triestinum
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = A living cell; B = Half theca with spine; C = Different living cells (DIC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Small species with a few scattered trichocyst pores
Other remarks

Distribution: Widely
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 18-22 µm, width 6-11 µm
Literature
Bursa, A. 1959. The genus Prorocentrum Ehrenberg. Morphodynamics, protoplasmatic structures, and taxonomy. Can. J. Bot. 37: 1-31.
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Schiller, J. 1918. Über neue Prorocentrum- und Exuviella-Arten aus der Adria. Arch. f. Protistenk. 38: 250-262
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.