Pyrocystis elegans
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Pyrocystales
Family:
Pyrocystaceae
Genus:
Pyrocystis
Species:
elegans
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.
Reference(s)
Observation site(s)
HOSTS
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Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Hastigerina pelagica | Florida |
Hastigerina pelagica: Foraminiferal habitat for planktonic dinoflagellates. Marine Biology 22:131 - 135. doi: 10.1007/BF00391777 (1973) |