Calliacantha longicaudata (Leadbeater) Leadbeater, 1978

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Calliacantha longicaudata

Loricas (dry preparation) (PC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Calliacantha longicaudata
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Loricas (dry preparation) (PC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Lorica with short prickles in the anterior part, two transverse costae and a long simple spear (stalk)
Other remarks

Distribution: Arctic, North Atlantic, Skagerrak, Baltic, North Pacific
Life form
Solitary
Literature
Manton, I., Sutherland, J. & Leadbeater, B. S. C. 1975. Four new species of choanoflagellates from Arctic Canada. Proc. Royal Soc. London (B). 189: 15-27.
Thomsen, H. A. 1992b. Loricabærende Chonanoflagellater (Kraveflagellater). In: Thomsen, H. A. (ed.) Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Copenhagen, p. 157-194.

Biovolumes

Species Calliacantha longicaudata
Author Leadbeater 1975) Leadbeater 1978
Division ZOOMASTIGOPHORA
Class Choanoflagellidea
Order CHOANOFLAGELLIDA
Trophy HT
Geometric shape rotational ellipsoid
Formula p/6*d^2*l
Size class 1 2
Unit cell cell
Size range 6-8x2-3 8-12x3-5
Length(l1), µm 7.0 10.0
Diameter(d1), µm 2.5 4.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 23 84
Comment 10 10
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 4.1 13.8

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

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