Heterocapsa arctica

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Dinophyta
Class: 
Dinophyceae
Order: 
Peridiniales
Family: 
Heterocapsaceae
Genus: 
Heterocapsa
Species: 
arctica
Authority: 
Heterocapsa arctica Horiguchi

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Diagnosis

Bloom: Yes
Toxicity: No

Etymology

Adjective (Latin), of or pertaining to the Arctic (Stearn 1973).

Type species

The type species (holotype) of the genus Heterocapsa is Heterocapsa triquetra

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

Reference(s)

Observation site(s)

HOSTS

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Acanthochiasma sp. Villefranche Bay Villefranche-sur-mer