Ornithocercus quadratus

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Dinophysiales
Family: 
Dinophysaceae
Genus: 
Ornithocercus
Species: 
quadratus
Authority: 
Schütt, 1900
Synonym(s): 
Histioneis quadrata Lemmermann, 1903
Ornithocercus assimilis Jørgensen, 1923
Ornithocercus galea (Pouchet) Abé, 1967

Diagnosis

Body length 100-138 µm, lateral outline subcircular; anterior girdle list large in size than posterior one, usually with 8-18 ribs, distally with very much reticulations; posterior girdle list with 12-15 simple and sometime reticulated ribs; girdle wider on dorsal side; left sulcal list end on dorsal side of body and is biangular and quadrate shaped, finishing parallel with dorsal plane; usually with a submarginal rib; one lobe is posteroventral, the other posterodorsal, usually with 5-6 ribs behind fission rib, these ribs have reticulation; some times the margins of the left sulcal list, when fully developed, bears numerous reticulae to the exterior of the marginal rib; the list ribs are relatively smooth; anterior girdle list with numerous complete and incomplete ribs. 

Type species

The type species (holotype) of the genus Ornithocercus is Ornithocercus magnificus Stein.

Ecology

Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
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

Observation site(s)

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