title: CULTURE OF THE HETEROTROPHIC DINOFLAGELLATE PROTOPERIDINIUM CRASSIPES (DINOPHYCEAE) WITH NONCELLULAR FOOD ITEMS(1).
abstract: The genus Protoperidinium is an assemblage of heterotrophic dinoflagellates, several species of which have been successfully cultured in the past using various photosynthetic algae as a food source. We succeeded in culturing Protoperidinium crassipes (Kof.) Balech on three separate occasions for periods ranging from 2 to 21 months using rice flour as a food source. In these cultures, unusual small types of cells that were never observed to actively feed sometimes appeared. We confirmed that P. crassipes in culture exhibited bioluminescence.
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502, JapanDepartment of Natural History Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Aika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502, JapanDepartment of Natural History Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horiguchi
keywords: Protoperidinium; bioluminescence; culture; heterotrophic dinoflagellate; pallium feeding