Pyrocystis elegans

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Pyrocystales
Family: 
Pyrocystaceae
Genus: 
Pyrocystis
Species: 
elegans
Authority: 
Pavillard, 1931
Synonym(s): 
Dissodinium elegans (Pavillard) Matzenauer, 1933

Diagnosis

Cell large, body lunate with tapering ends; proptoplasm peripheral in strands; spherical cysts formed.
Body_length: 377μm
Body_width: 100 μm 

Type species

The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pyrocystis is Pyrocystis pseudonoctiluca Wyville-Thompson.

Observation site(s)

HOSTS

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