Amphidinium herdmanii Amphidinium operculatum

Amphidinium herdmanii is commonly referred to as Amphidinium operculatum. Difficulty in the aquarium: Molto facile. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5338 

AphiaID:

109731 

Scientific:

Amphidinium herdmanii 

German:

Dinoflagellat 

English:

Amphidinium Operculatum 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Chromista (Kingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinophyceae (Class) > Amphidiniales (Order) > Amphidiniaceae (Family) > Amphidinium (Genus) > herdmanii (Species) 

Initial determination:

Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 

Occurrence:

the Black Sea, Australia, Brazil, European Coasts, France, Germany, Gulf of Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Africa, Saudi Arabia, Scandinavia, South America, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, Vietnam 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 1,5 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,02cm - 0,035cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Zooxanthellae / Light 

Difficulty:

Molto facile 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Amphidinium herdmanii
  Dinoflagellat

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-04-27 12:42:37 

Last edit:

2026-08-09 16:30:21 

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Korallenriff Magazin

Ausgabe #10
Plagen in der Meeresaquaristik

Wer eine Bryopsisausbreitung einmal überstanden hat und glaubt, das wäre die schlimmste Plage in der Meerwasseraquaristik, hatte es noch nicht mit Dinoflagellaten (Dinoflagellata) zu tun. 

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