Tripos pentagonum
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Gonyaulacales
Family:
Ceratiaceae
Genus:
Tripos
Species:
pentagonum
Synonym(s):
Basionym: Ceratium pentagonum Gourret 1883
Neoceratium pentagonum (Gourret) F.Gomez, D.Moreira & P.Lopez-Garcia 2010
Etymology
Adjective (Latin), five-angled.
Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Tripos is Tripos muelleri Bory de Saint-Vincent.
Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen
Type_locality: France (Gulf of Marseille)
Ecology
Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
pH: neutral
Feeding: Photosynthetic
Life cycle
Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual
Feeding behaviour
Photosynthetic
Mode of locomotion
Two flagella typical for Dinophyceae
Flagellum: 2
Motility: motile_swimming
Observation site(s)
SYMBIONTS
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Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Amoebophrya ceratii-species complex | Western basin | A | “Distribution and host diversity of Amoebophryidae parasites across oligotrophic waters of the Mediterranean Sea”, Biogeosciences, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 267 - 278, 2011. | ,