Amphidinium longum Lohmann, 1908

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Amphidinium longum

cell size: 42x16µm

Photographer/artist Janina Kownacka

Additional image information

Title
Amphidinium longum
Photographer/artist
Janina Kownacka
Copyright holder
Janina Kownacka
Institute
National Marine Fisheries Research Institute
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Janina Kownacka
Caption
cell size: 42x16µm
Geographic area
Baltic Sea - Southern Baltic proper
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H

Biovolumes

Species Amphidinium longum
Author Lohmann 1908
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order GYMNODINIALES
Trophy HT
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1
Unit cell
Size range 30-35x10-12
Length(l1), µm 32.0
Diameter(d1), µm 11.0
Diameter(d2), µm 7.4
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 1 358
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 189

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

  • 2014-09-26 12:49:30 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Amphidinium longum_1.jpg
  • 2014-09-26 12:48:58 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Amphidinium longum_1.jpg
  • 2014-09-26 12:46:20 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Amphidinium longum_1.jpg