Protoperidinium bipes
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Peridiniales
Family:
Protoperidiniaceae
Genus:
Protoperidinium
Species:
bipes
Synonym(s):
Basionym: Glenodinium bipes Paulsen
Minuscula bipes (Paulsen) Lebour 1925
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
Attached phylogeny
Observation site(s)
SYMBIONTS
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Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Parvilucifera sp. | Catalunya | Harbor of Tarragona | « A new species of Gymnodinium that caused the 1998 summer human respiratory syndrome and decimation of marine life in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand », Harmful Algae News, vol. 19, p. 1-3, 1999. | ,