Protoperidinium bipes

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Peridiniales
Family: 
Protoperidiniaceae
Genus: 
Protoperidinium
Species: 
bipes
Authority: 
(Paulsen) Balech 1974
Synonym(s): 
Basionym: Glenodinium bipes Paulsen
Minuscula bipes (Paulsen) Lebour 1925

Suggest a modification

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

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Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Parvilucifera sp. Catalunya Harbor of Tarragona M. Delgado, “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, pp. 1-3, 1999.