Amylax triacantha (E. Jørgensen) Sournia, 1984

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Amylax triacantha

Photographer/artist Regina Hansen

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Title
Amylax triacantha
Photographer/artist
Regina Hansen
Copyright holder
Regina Hansen
Institute
Leibniz Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde
Contributor
Regina Hansen
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy, SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
Preservation
Formaldehyde
Contrast enhancement
Phase contrast
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Form and hypotheca with one to several spines. Chloroplasts redish
Other remarks

Distribution: Pacific and Atlantic oceans, cold water species
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 25-35 µm, width 17-30 µm
Literature
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Dodge, J. D. 1989. Some revisions of the family Gonyaulacaceae (Dinophyceae) based on a scanning electron microscope study. Botanica Marina. 32: 275-298.
Drebes, G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. 186 pp.
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 Amylax triacantha
Author (E. Jørgensen) Sournia 1984
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order GONYAULACALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape (cone + half sphere)-25%
Formula p/12*d^2*(h+d/2)*0,75
Size class 1 2 3 4
Unit cell cell cell cell
Size range 35-45x23-26 45-55x27-30 35-45x34-37 47-57x35-40
Height(h), µm 40.0 50.0 40.0 52.0
Diameter(d1), µm 25.0 29.0 35.0 38.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 6 439 10 645 13 823 20 120
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 815 1 306 1 669 2 374

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

  • 2015-04-08 11:09:58 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Amylax triacantha_6.jpg
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