单词 | peridinian |
释义 | peridiniann.adj. Biology. A. n. A dinoflagellate of the chiefly marine order Peridinales. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Dinoflagellida > [noun] > member of order Peridinales peridinian1902 1902 Amer. Naturalist 36 187 The phosphorescent water was found to contain vast numbers of a peridinian which I have referred tentatively to the genus Gonyaulax. 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation xi. 236 Most of the flagellates giving rise to ‘waterbloom’ are Peridineans. 1997 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 42 227/2 Carbohydrates represent 40% DW [= dry weight] of the green algae, 60% DW of the diatoms, and 80% DW of the peridinians. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating a peridinian. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Flagellata or Mastigophora > subclass Dinoflagellida > [adjective] > of member of order Peridinales peridinial1890 peridinian1922 1922 Amer. Naturalist 56 501 The increased abundance of..peridinian plankton..is due to the supply of nutrient salts. 1935 F. E. Fritsch Struct. & Reprod. Algae I. 664 The Peridiniean flora of warmer zones..differs very markedly from that of colder seas. 1976 P. Bougis Marine Plankton Ecol. i. 12 Noctiluca is now placed in the Peridiniales... Its spores are of the peridinian type. 1994 S. Afr. Jrnl. Zool. 29 144 Peridinian ciliates are commonly found attached..to the tentacles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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