Tripos hircus (Schröder) Gomez, 2013

Nunes, Caio Ceza da Silva, Susini-Ribeiro, Sylvia Maria Moreira & Cavalcante, Kaoli Pereira, 2019, Dinoflagellates in tropical estuarine waters from the Maraú River, Camamu Bay, northeastern Brazil, Check List 15 (5), pp. 951-963 : 954

Tripos hircus (Schröder) Gomez, 2013

Figure 2C

Brazil, estuary of Maraú River: River Zone Station 1, 14°06′33″S, 039°02′48″W, IX.2006 (HUESC 24039), X.2006 (HUESC 24042), XI.2006 (HUESC 24046), I. 2007 (HUESC 24054), II.2007 (HUESC 24058), III.2007 (HUESC 24062), IV.2007 (HUESC 24066), V.2007 (HUESC 24070), VI.2007 (HUESC 24074), VII.2007 (HUESC 24078), VIII.2007 (HUESC 24082); Mixing Zone Station 2, 14°04′52″S, 038°59′12″W, X.2006 (HUESC 24043), XI.2006 (HUESC 24047), XII.2006 (HUESC 24051), I.2007 (HUESC 24055), II.2007 (HUESC 24059), III.2007 (HUESC 24063), IV.2007 (HUESC 24067), V. 2007 (HUESC 24071), VI.2007 (HUESC 24075), VII. 2007 (HUESC 24079), VIII.2007 (HUESC 24083); Mixing Zone Station 3, 13°57′24″S, 038°59′38″W, IX.2006 (HUESC 24040), X.2006 (HUESC 24044), XI.2006 (HUESC 24048), XII.2006 (HUESC 24052), I.2007 (HUESC 24056), III.2007 (HUESC 24064), IV.2007 (HUESC 24068), V.2007 (HUESC 24072), VI.2007 (HUESC 24076), VII.2007 (HUESC 24080), VIII.2007 (HUESC 24084); Coastal Zone Station 4, 13°54′56″S, 038°58′57″W, IX.2006 (HUESC 24041), X.2006 (HUESC 24045), XI.2006 (HUESC 24049), III.2007 (HUESC 24065), IV.2007 (HUESC 24069), V.2007 (HUESC 24073), VI.2007 (HUESC 24077), VII.2007 (HUESC 24081), VIII. 2007 (HUESC 24085).

Narrow, long cell body, epitheca conical, gradually tapered into a cylindrical apical horn, cingulum excavated, two long divergent antapical horns of almost equal size. TL: 135–262.5 μm (221.7 ± 40.4 μm), EL: 80–167.5 μm (139.1 ± 30.7 μm), CW: 25–62.5 μm (41.4 ± 8.6 μm), RAH: 20–55 μm (44.8 ± 11.6 μm), LAH: 25–62.5 μm (54.8 ± 8.5 μm) (n = 68).

Distribution in Brazil: widely distributed along the Brazilian coastal region ( Flora do Brasil 2019).