Podolampas spinifera

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Peridiniales
Family: 
Podolam
Genus: 
Podolampas
Species: 
spinifera
Authority: 
Okamura 1912

Diagnosis

Body_length: 84-92 µm
Body_dorsoventral: 16-18 µm
Body_length_antapicalspines: 36-38 µm
Toxicity: No

Etymology

Adjective (Latin), spine-bearing (Stearn 1973).

Type species

The type species (holotype) of the genus Podolampas is Podolampas bipes Stein.

Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen

Type_illustration: OKAMURA, 1912, Pl. 1, Figs. 35, 36.

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

Attached phylogeny

Observation site(s)

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