Scrippsiella trifida Lewis, 1991

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Scrippsiella trifida

Cysts. (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Scrippsiella trifida
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Cysts. (DIC)
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat, Dinoflagellate cysts

Description

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Morphology
Oval cyst with a central red body and with trifurcate recurving calcareous spines
Other remarks
The thecate cell resemble the thecate cell of S. trochoidea (Lewis 1991)
Distribution: Scotland, North Sea, Gullmarsfjorden
Life form
Solitary
Size
Cyst size length 27-46 µm, width 21-36 µm
Resting spore
+
Literature
Lewis, J. 1991. Cyst-theca relationships in Scrippsiella ( Dinophyceae) and related orthoperidinoid genera. Botanica Marina. 34: 91-106.
Nehring, S. 1994. Scripsiella spp. resting cysts from the German Bight (North Sea): a tool for more complete check-lists of dinoflagellates. Neth. J. Sea Res. 33: 57-63.

Change History

  • 2011-09-26 14:18:23 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Scrippsiella trifida_1.gif