Heterocapsa triquetra
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Peridiniales
Family:
Heterocapsaceae
Genus:
Heterocapsa
Species:
triquetra
Synonym(s):
Basionym: Glenodinium triquetrum Ehrenberg
Properidinium heterocapsa (Stein) Meunier 1919
Peridinium triquetra (Ehrenbourg) Lebour 1925
Peridinium triquetrum Schiller 1937
Diagnosis
Bloom: Yes
Toxicity: No
Etymology
Adjective (Latin), having three acute angles.
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Heterocapsa.
Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen
Type locality: Baltic Sea
Ecology
Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
Salinity: variable (estuary)
pH: neutral
Feeding: Photosynthetic
Life cycle
Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual_binary
Feeding behaviour
Photosynthetic
Mode of locomotion
Two flagella typical for Dinophyceae
Flagellum: 2
Motility: motile_swimming
Reference(s)
Observation site(s)
Observation site(s)
HOSTS
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Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Acanthochiasma sp. | Villefranche Bay | Villefranche-sur-mer |
Multiple microalgal partners in symbiosis with the acantharian Acanthochiasma sp. (Radiolaria). Symbiosis 58:233 - 244. doi: 10.1007/s13199-012-0195-x (2012) |
SYMBIONTS
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