Actinocyclus octonarius var. tenellus (Brébisson) Hendey 1954

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Actinocyclus octonarius var. tenellus

Inside view valve (SEM)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Actinocyclus octonarius var. tenellus
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Copyright stamp
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
Dept. of Marine botany, University of Gothenburg
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Inside view valve (SEM)
Geographic area
Skagerrak - Swedish coast
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
Preservation
Not described
Contrast enhancement
Not described
Stain
Sputter coated
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems

Biovolumes

Species Actinocyclus octonarius var. tenellus
Author (Brébisson) Hendey 1954
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cylinder
Formula p/4*d^2*h
Size class 1 2 3 4 5
Unit cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 15-20 21-23 24-27 28-32 33-40
Height(h), µm 22.4 22.0 30.0 31.0 36.0
Diameter(d1), µm 16.8 22.0 25.0 31.0 36.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 4 963 8 359 14 719 23 386 36 625
Comment 6 6 6 6 6
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 286 437 691 1 006 1 447

Source

Olenina, I., Hajdu, S., Edler, L., Andersson, A., Wasmund, N., Busch, S., Göbel, J., Gromisz, S., Huseby, S., Huttunen, M., Jaanus, A., Kokkonen, P., Ledaine, I. and Niemkiewicz, E. 2006 Biovolumes and size-classes of phytoplankton in the Baltic Sea HELCOM Balt.Sea Environ. Proc. No. 106, 144pp. (PDF),
PEG_BVOL.zip

Change History

  • 2011-09-20 20:07:19 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Actinocyclus octonarius var. tenellus_1.gif
  • 2011-09-20 20:04:15 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Actinocyclus octonarius var. tenellus_1.gif