Calliacantha longicaudata (Leadbeater) Leadbeater, 1978
Calliacantha longicaudata
Loricas (dry preparation) (PC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- 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
- Dyntaxa ID: 238100
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 56446
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- Dyntaxa ID: 238100
- 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 | |
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
Change History
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