Protoperidinium brochii

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Peridiniales
Family: 
Protoperidiniaceae
Genus: 
Protoperidinium
Species: 
brochii
Authority: 
(Kofoid & Swezy) Balech 1974
Synonym(s): 
Basionym: Peridinium brochii Kofoid & Swezy

Type species

The type species (lectotype) of the genus Protoperidinium is Protoperidinium pellucidum Bergh.

Ecology

Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
pH: neutral

Feeding: Predatory

Life cycle

Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual

Feeding behaviour

Predatory

Mode of locomotion

Two flagella typical for Dinophyceae
Flagellum: 2
Motility: motile_swimming

Attached phylogeny

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Parvilucifera infectans Kristineberg Marine Research Station