Tripos macroceros
Super Group:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinophyta
Class:
Dinophyceae
Order:
Gonyaulacales
Family:
Ceratiaceae
Genus:
Tripos
Species:
macroceros
Synonym(s):
Peridinium macroceros Ehrenberg 1841
Ceratophorus macroceros (Ehrenberg) Diesing 1850
Ceratium tripos var. macroceros (Ehrenberg) Claparède & Lachmann 1859
Peridinium tripos var. macroceros (Ehrenberg) Diesing 1866
Ceratium macroceros (Ehrenberg) Vanhöffen 1897
Ceratium macroceros (Ehrenberg) Cleve 1899
Neoceratium macroceros (Ehrenberg) F.Gómez, D.Moreira & P.López-Garciaómez 2010
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: Baltic Sea
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
Reference(s)
Attached phylogeny
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 | Cabo Frio Island |
Infection by Amoebophrya spp. parasitoids of dinoflagellates in a tropical marine coastal area. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 55:143 - 153. doi: 10.3354/ame01293 (2009) |