Calliacantha simplex Manton & Oates, 1979
Calliacantha simplex
Dry preparation. (PC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Calliacantha simplex
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- Dry preparation. (PC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238103
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 56450
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238103
- Tropic type
- H
- Morphology
- Lorica with two transverse costae, four spines protruding anteriorly
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Lorica length 25-45 µm
- Literature
- Manton, I. & Oates, K. 1979. Further observations on Calliacantha Leadbeater (Choanoflagellata), with special reference to C. simplexsp. nov. from many parts of the world. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 204: 287-300.
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 simplex |
|---|---|
| Author | Manton & Oates 1979 |
| Division | ZOOMASTIGOPHORA |
| Class | Choanoflagellidea |
| Order | CHOANOFLAGELLIDA |
| Trophy | HT |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/6*d^2*l |
| Size class | 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit | cell |
| Size range | 4-8x3-5 |
| Length(l1), µm | 6.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 4.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 50 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 8.5 |
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
