 
 
Dinophyceae: 
Peridiniales: Peridinaceae
Dinoflagellida: Diniferina: Peridiniidae
Peridinium bipes
Stein, 1883 var. bipes
|  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 ?, 
theca 63 μm long, 60 μm wide, 
x 640, Okubo Ryoke (picnic-no-mori), Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 27, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peridinium bipes, 
theca 57 μm long, 57 μm wide, 
x 640, Okubo Ryoke (picnic-no-mori), Akigase park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 27, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
 31 μm
 31 μm
 63 μm
 63 μm
 94 μm; x 640
 94 μm; x 640
 
 
 
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