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Octactis speculum Solitary flagellate

Octactis speculum is commonly referred to as Solitary flagellate. Difficulty in the aquarium: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
9214 
AphiaID:
1310442 
Scientific:
Octactis speculum 
German:
Dinoflagellat, Mikoralge 
English:
Solitary Flagellate 
Category:
Microalgen 
Family tree:
Chromista (Kingdom) > Ochrophyta (Phylum) > Dictyochophyceae (Class) > Dictyochales (Order) > Dictyochaceae (Family) > Octactis (Genus) > speculum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Ehrenberg) F.H.Chang, J.M.Grieve & J.E.Sutherland, 2017 
Occurrence:
Russland, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, Antarctica, Australia, European Coasts, Irak, New Zealand, Skagerrak (North Sea), South Shetlands Island , Tasman Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, White Sea 
Sea depth:
0 - 108 Meter 
Size:
0" - 0" (0.0019cm - 0.0034cm) 
Temperature:
51.8 °F - 59 °F (11°C - 15°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
Difficulty:
Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-05 19:17:50 

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Ehrenberg, 1839

Ehrenberg, 1839

The photo shows a silicate skeleton with 7 spines, a photo of a living dinoflagellate can be found here:

http://www.smhi.se/oceanografi/oce_info_data/plankton_checklist/others/dictyocha_speculum.htm

Dictyocha speculum belongs to the order Dictyochophyceae, which includes unicellular or colony-forming flagellates or amoebae.

Depending on the species, these protozoa carry out phagocytosis and pinocytosis.

Synonym:
Cannopilus calyptra Haeckel, 1887 † · unaccepted (synonym)
Dictyocha aculeata Ehrenberg, 1840 · unaccepted
Dictyocha speculum Ehrenberg, 1839 · unaccepted
Distephanus speculum (Ehrenberg) Haeckel, 1887 · unaccepted
Stephanocha speculum (Ehrenberg) K.McCartney & R.W.Jordan, 2015 · unaccepted

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