Alexandrium minutum Halim
Alexandrium minutum
A = Cell; B&C = 1'-plate with ventral pore(=arrow). A-C DIC, D=Cyst (BF) (courtesy of Anna Godhe)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Alexandrium minutum
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A = Cell; B&C = 1'-plate with ventral pore(=arrow). A-C DIC, D=Cyst (BF) (courtesy of Anna Godhe)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238223
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52068
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238223
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Characteristic 1'-plate with ventral pore, narrow 6''
- Other remarks
- Toxic
Distribution: Widely - Harmfulness, IOC
- This species is included in the IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 17-29 µm
- Resting spore
- +
- Culture collections
-
SCCAP
The Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa at the University of Copenhagen
More info at http://www.sccap.dk.
Strains: K-0991, K-0993, K-0994, K-0992 - Literature
- Balech, E. 1989. Redescription of Alexandrium minutum Halim (Dinophyceae) type species of the genus Alexandrium. Phycologia. 28: 206-211.
Bolch, C. J., Blackburn, S.I., Cannon, J.A. & Hallegraeff, G.M. 1991. The resting cyst of the red-tide dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae). Phycologia., 30: 215-219.
Steidinger, K. A. & Tangen, K. 1996. Dinoflagellates. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 387-584.
Biovolumes
Species | Alexandrium minutum |
---|---|
Author | Halim 1960 |
Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
Class | Dinophyceae |
Order | GONYAULACALES |
Trophy | AU |
Geometric shape | |
Formula | p/6*d^2*l |
Size class | 1 | 2 |
---|---|---|
Unit | cell | cell |
Size range | 23-25 | 26-29 |
Length(l1), µm | 24.0 | 27.0 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 24.0 | 28.0 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 7 235 | 11 078 |
Comment | 6 | 6 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 909 | 1 356 |
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