Algirosphaera oryza Schlauder, 1945
Algirosphaera cf. oryza
A living cell (BF)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Algirosphaera cf. oryza
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Copyright stamp
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- Dept. of Marine botany, University of Gothenburg
- Contributing organisation
- University of Gothenburg
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A living cell (BF)
- Geographic area
- Skagerrak - Swedish coast
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- No preservation
- Contrast enhancement
- No contrast enhancement
- Stain
- No stain
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 236955
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 61456
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 236955
- Morphology
- Flattened ellipsoidal cells with two rows of equatorial coccoliths projecting nearly at right angles to each other.
- Other remarks
Distribution: Widely- Life form
- Solitary with two flagella
- Size
- About 13 µm
- Resting spore
- 0
- Literature
- Gaarder, K. & Hasle, G. 1971. Coccolithophorids of the gulf of Mexico. Bull. of Marine Science. 21: 519-544.
Heimdal, B. R. 1993. Modern Coccolithophorids. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Marine Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and coccolithophorids. p. 147-247.
Norris, R. E. 1984. Indian Ocean nannoplankton. I. Rhabdosphaeraceae (Prymnesiophyceae) with a review of extant taxa. Journal of Phycology 20: 27-41.
Change History
- 2011-09-28 20:25:40 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Algirosphaera oryza_1.gif
- 2011-09-28 20:24:06 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Algirosphaera oryza_1.gif