Protoperidinium depressum

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Peridiniales
Family: 
Protoperidiniaceae
Genus: 
Protoperidinium
Species: 
depressum
Authority: 
(Bailey) Balech 1974
Synonym(s): 
Peridinium depressum

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Type species

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

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Type_locality: coast of Iceland

Ecology

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

Feeding: Predator

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

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Amoebophrya ceratii-species complex Alger Bay J. Cachon, “Contribution à l’étude des péridiniens parasites. Cytologie, cycles évolutifs.”, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., vol. 6, pp. 1-158, 1964.