Bacteriastrum hyalinum Lauder, 1864
Bacteriastrum hyalinum
A&B = Cell at two focal planes; C = Terminal valve with central process (=arrow); D&E = Endogenous resting spores. (BF)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Bacteriastrum hyalinum
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A&B = Cell at two focal planes; C = Terminal valve with central process (=arrow); D&E = Endogenous resting spores. (BF)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237297
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 37283
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 237297
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Large number of inner setae and terminal setae arranged in a umbrella-like fashion
- Other remarks
Distribution: Widely in temperate waters- Life form
- Cells united in chains
- Size
- Diameter = 13-56 µm
- Resting spore
- +
- Literature
- Drebes, G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. 186 pp.
Hasle, G. R. & Syvertsen, E. E. 1996. Marine diatoms. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 5-385.
Biovolumes
| Species | Bacteriastrum hyalinum |
|---|---|
| Author | Lauder 1864 |
| Division | CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA) |
| Class | Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) |
| Order | EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES) |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/4*d^2*h |
| Size class | 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit | cell |
| Size range | 20x40-60 |
| Height(h), µm | 50.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 20.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 15 700 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 728 |
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
- 2012-09-28 08:48:37 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Bacteriastrum hyalinum_2.jpg
- 2012-09-28 08:47:35 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Bacteriastrum hyalinum_2.jpg
