Warnowia polyphemus (Pouchet) Schiller, 1933

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Warnowia cf. polyphemus

A living cell at different focal planes (DIC).

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Warnowia cf. polyphemus
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A living cell at different focal planes (DIC).
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Girdle making two turns and sulcus only 0.5 turns. Ocellus in the anterior half of cell
Other remarks

Distribution: Widely
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 75-104 µm, width 47 µm
Literature
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Schiller, J. 1933. Dinoflagellatae (Peridineae) in monographischer Behandlung. Teil 1. In Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora. 10, III: 617 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.

Change History

  • 2011-10-03 21:29:30 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Warnowia polyphemus_1.gif