Algirosphaera robusta (Lohmann) Norris, 1984
Algirosphaera robusta
Living cells (BF)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Algirosphaera robusta
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- Living cells (BF)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 236957
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 61465
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- Dyntaxa ID: 236957
- Morphology
- Spherical cells with horn-like stomatal coccoliths and lower ordinary coccoliths.
- Other remarks
Distribution: Worldwide- Life form
- Solitary with two flagella
- Size
- Diameter = 9-13 µm
- Resting spore
- 0
- Literature
- 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.