Protoperidinium bolmonense Chomérat & Couté 2008
Publication Details
Protoperidinium bolmonense Chomérat & Couté 2008: 394, figs 2-28
Published in: Chomérat, N. & Couté, A. (2008). Protoperidinium bolmonense sp. nov. (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae), a small dinoflagellate from a brackish hypereutrophic lagoon (South of France). Phycologia 47(4): 392-403.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Protoperidinium is Protoperidinium pellucidum Bergh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Bolmon lagoon (43º25'N, 5º11'E), southeastern France; (Chomérat & Couté 2008: 394) Holotype: Fig. 8 (epitype) Chomérat; May 2002; Hypereutrophic, oligo-mesohaline lagoon; (Chomérat & Couté 2008: 394) Notes: Isolated from sample B09D10. A sample fixed with formaldehyde is stored at the National Museum of Natural History (RDDM Department, USM 505), Paris. Isotype: figs 9-15.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cells armoured. 18-22 µm long and 15-18 µm wide. Shape rounded and markedly dorsoventrally flattened. The cingulum is excavated, located in the equatorial part of the cell and slightly ascending. No chloroplast, but several globular bodies, are present in the cytoplasm. The plate tabulation: Po, X, 4', 3a, 7", 3c, 4(?)s, 5'" and 2"". Shape of 1' is ortho. The three intercalary plates are shifted to the left part of the theca. The second intercalary plate is hexagonal and markedly extended and abuts the 2" plate. The third intercalary plate is hexagonal and symmetrical. The cingulum consists of three plates of different lengths. All thecal plates are smooth and, except those of the APC, have sparse pores surrounded by circular rims. Variations of the plate pattern are observed on the epitheca, involving splitting of 3 plate or fusion of 4" and 5" plates.
Created: 25 August 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 November 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 November 2024