Calliacantha natans (Grøntved) Leadbeater, 1978

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Calliacantha natans

A&C = Dry preparation; B = Living cells. (PC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Calliacantha natans
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A&C = Dry preparation; B = Living cells. (PC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Morphology
Lorica with two transverse costae, three spines protruding anteriorly
Other remarks

Distribution: Widely
Life form
Solitary
Size
Lorica length 17-26 µm
Literature
Gröntved, J.1956. Planktological contributions II. Taxonomical studies in some danish coastal localities. Medd. Danm. Fisk. Havunders., N. S. I (12): 1-13
Leadbeater, B. S. C.1978. Renaming of Salpingoeca sensu Grøntved. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 58: 511-515.
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.
Throndsen, J. 1993. The planktonic marine flagellates. In: (Tomas eds.) Marine Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and coccolithophorids. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 7-145.

Biovolumes

Species Calliacantha natans
Author (Gröntved 1956) 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 4-8x3-5 8-12x3-5
Length(l1), µm 6.0 10.0
Diameter(d1), µm 4.0 4.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 50 84
Comment 10 10
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 8.5 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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