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Dinophyceae: Peridiniales: Peridinaceae
Dinoflagellida: Diniferina: Peridiniidae

 Peridinium elpatiewskyi
Ehrenberg

Peridinium Genus (Ehrenberg): Body round to polygonal; cingulum median, deep; thecal plates 5-6 in cingulum; some with apical and antapical horn (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Epicone (or epitheca) consists of 11-14 thecal plates; hypocone (or hypotheca) of 7-8 thecal plates (Illustrations of The Japanese Fresh-water Algae, 1977).
Species:

Peridinium sp. (elpatiewskyi ?), cell body 27 μm long, 23 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Basho-no-yakata (Basho Center), Kurobane town, Tochigi Pref., Japan, January 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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