Protoperidinium sp.

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Peridiniales
Family: 
Protoperidiniaceae
Genus: 
Protoperidinium
Species: 
sp.

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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

Image icon Protoperidinium species: Partial maximum parsimony (MP) tree based on partial large subunit rDNA gene.

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Amoebophrya ceratii-species complex Thau Lagoon A. Chambouvet, Laabir, M., Sengco, M., Vaquer, A., and Guillou, L., “Genetic diversity of Amoebophryidae (Syndiniales) during Alexandrium catenella/tamarense (Dinophyceae) blooms in the Thau lagoon (Mediterranean Sea, France)”, Research in Microbiology, vol. 162, no. 9, pp. 959 - 968, 2011.