Bacteriastrum hyalinum Lauder, 1864

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Bacteriastrum hyalinum

Photographer/artist Ann-Turi Skjevik

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Title
Bacteriastrum hyalinum
Photographer/artist
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Copyright holder
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Institute
SMHI
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Sampling date
2012-09-17
Geographic area
Skagerrak - Swedish coast
Location
Släggö
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
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 cylinder
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