Protoperidinium divergens

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

Etymology

Participle B (Latin), divergent, going different ways (Stearn 1973).

Type species

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

Ecology

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

Feeding: Predatory

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)

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Parvilucifera infectans Kristineberg Marine Research Station