Spathulodinium pseudonoctiluca (Pouchet) J. & M. Cachon ex Loeblich Jr. & Loeblich III, 1969]

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Morphology
Very small epicone, mature stage with a long unstriated tentacle
Other remarks

Distribution: Atlantic, Skagerrak, Mediterranean
Life form
Solitary
Size
Mature stage: length 100-163 µm, width 89-120 µm, Gymnodinioid stage length 110-200 µm
Literature
Cachon, J. & Cachon, M. 1967. Contribution a l'etude des Noctilucidae Saville-Kent. I. Les Kofoidininae Cachon, J. et M. evolution, morphologique et systematique. Protistologica. 3: 427-444.
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
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.