Amphidinium acutissimum Schiller, 1933

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Form and many small chloroplasts
Other remarks
It could easily be confused with Oxytoxum gracile in this checklist (cf. Schiller 1933, Fig. 263b)
Distribution: Adria, Kattegat
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length18-20 µm, width 6.5-7.5 µm
Literature
Hansen, G. & Larsen, J. 1992. Dinoflagellater i danske farvande. In: Thomsen, H. A. (ed.) Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Copenhagen, p. 45-155.
Schiller, J. 1933. Dinoflagellatae (Peridineae) in monographischer Behandlung. Teil 1. In Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora. 10, III: 617 pp.

Biovolumes

Species Amphidinium acutissimum
Author Schiller 1933
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order GYMNODINIALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape 2 cones
Formula p/12*d^2*h
Size class 1
Unit cell
Size range 15-20x5-10
Height(h), µm 18.0
Diameter(d1), µm 7.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 231
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 36

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),
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