Peridinium
Encyclopedia
Peridinium is a genus of motile, marine
and freshwater
dinoflagellate
s. Their morphology is considered typical of the armoured dinoflagellates, and their form is commonly used in diagrams of a dinoflagellate's structure. Peridinium can range from 30-70 μm in diamter, and has very thick thecal plates.
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
and freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
dinoflagellate
Dinoflagellate
The dinoflagellates are a large group of flagellate protists. Most are marine plankton, but they are common in fresh water habitats as well. Their populations are distributed depending on temperature, salinity, or depth...
s. Their morphology is considered typical of the armoured dinoflagellates, and their form is commonly used in diagrams of a dinoflagellate's structure. Peridinium can range from 30-70 μm in diamter, and has very thick thecal plates.
Species
Some species are:- P. aciculiferum
- P. africanum
- P. allorgei
- P. anserinum
- P. baicalense
- P. baliense
- P. balticum
- P. bipes
- P. caudatum
- P. chattonii
- P. cinctum
- P. gargantua
- P. gatunense
- P. geminum
- P. godlewskii
- P. granulosum
- P. gregarium
- P. gutwinskii
- P. hieroglyphicum
- P. keyense
- P. knipowitzschii
- P. limbatum
- P. lingii
- P. lomnickii
- P. morzinense
- P. ovatum
- P. palatinium
- P. palatinum
- P. playfairii
- P. pseudolaeve
- P. pusillum
- P. quadridens
- P. quinquecorne
- P. raciborskii
- P. steinii
- P. striolatum
- P. sydneyense
- P. umbonatum
- P. volkii
- P. volzii
- P. wierzejskii
- P. willei
- P. wisconsinense