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Tripos muelleri
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Gonyaulacales
Family:
Ceratiaceae
Genus:
Tripos
Species:
muelleri
Synonym(s):
Cercaria tripos O.F.Müller 1776
Peridinium tripos (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg 1834
Ceratophorus tripos (O.F.Müller) Diesing 1850
Ceratium tripos
Neoceratium tripos (O.F.Müller) F.Gómez, D.Moreira & P.López-Garcia 2010
Diagnosis
Tripos: Marine thecate dinoflagellate dorso-ventrally compressed, depressed ventral area and up to three horns. Gonyaulacaleans with two cingular plates in dorsal view.
Etymology
Tripos: From the ancient Greek τρίπους (tripous), three-footed seat, tripod. Muelleri: Noun (singular possessive) (Latinised), honouring a person with the surname Müller.
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Tripos.
Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen
Type_locality: in sea between Denmark and Norway
Ecology
Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
pH: neutral
Feeding: Photosynthetic
Life cycle
Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual
Feeding behaviour
Photosynthetic
Mode of locomotion
Two flagella typical for Dinophyceae
Flagellum: 2
Motility: motile_swimming
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