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Lepidodinium chlorophorum
caption Lepidodinium chlorophorum
Basionym : Gymnodinium chlorophorum (Elbrächter & Scherf 1996). Amended in 2007 by Hansen et al.
Live sample, bright green endosymbionts (ex-prasinophytes) with chloroplast form, light sensitive, blooms observed during summer in Normandy with formation of foam.
author Jacqueline Fresnel
copyright University of Caen Basse-Normandie, France
figure in reference Billard, C. & Chrétiennot-Dinet, M.J. (1997) - Espèces potentiellement toxiques. In : « Efflorescences toxiques des eaux côtières françaises : Ecologie, Ecophysiologie, Toxicologie » (B. Berland & P. Lassus eds), Repères Océans n° 13, Editions IFREMER, pp. 91-101.
image sets   English Channel - Normandy - Phytoplankton - Images from Chantal Billard (University of Caen Basse-Normandie)