Actinocyclus octonarius Ehrenberg, 1838

Actinocyclus octonarius
A&B = Two living cells; C&D = Valve (arrowhead=pseudonodulus, arrows=labiate processes). (A=BF, B-D=DIC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Actinocyclus octonarius
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A&B = Two living cells; C&D = Valve (arrowhead=pseudonodulus, arrows=labiate processes). (A=BF, B-D=DIC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Synonym names
- Actinoptychus octonarius
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237434
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 37210
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- Dyntaxa ID: 237434
- Tropic type
- A
- Other remarks
- Several varities are described. Botten form which can be common in coastal plankton
Distribution: Worldwide - Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Diameter = 50-300 µm, var. tenellus 18-48 µm
- Literature
- Drebes, G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. 186 pp.
Hasle, G. R. & Syvertsen, E. E. 1996. Marine diatoms. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 5-385.
Hendey, N. I. 1964. An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. Part 5: Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms). HSMO, London. 317 pp.
Subordinate taxa
Change History
- 2013-05-13 10:32:44 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Actinocyclus octonarius_3.jpg
- 2013-05-13 10:31:25 Regina Hansen - Added media: Actinocyclus octonarius_3.jpg
- 2012-09-14 10:41:00 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Actinocyclus octonarius_2.jpg
- 2012-09-14 10:40:47 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Actinocyclus octonarius_2.jpg