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Dinophyceae: Peridiniales: Peridinaceae
Dinoflagellida: Diniferina: Peridiniidae

 Peridinium bipes
Stein, 1883 var. bipes

Peridinium Genus: 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 bipes var. bipes ?, cell body 54 μm long, 51 μm wide, x 640, Shimo-no-koike (small pond), Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, September 26, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Peridinium Peridinium
Cell body 45 μm long, 40 μm wide
Peridinium Peridinium Peridinium

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