Cerataulina pelagica (P.T. Cleve) Hendey, 1937

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Cerataulina pelagica

Note the row of "bubbles" that often appear near the ends of the cells.

Photographer/artist Ann-Turi Skjevik

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Title
Cerataulina pelagica
Photographer/artist
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Copyright holder
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Copyright stamp
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Institute
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, oceanographic unit
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Caption
Note the row of "bubbles" that often appear near the ends of the cells.
Geographic area
Skagerrak - Swedish coast
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Small wing-like extensions
Other remarks

Distribution: Worldwide
Life form
Solitary or chain-forming
Size
Diameter = 7-56 µm pervalvar axis = 55-120 µm
Literature
Drebes, G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. 186 pp.
Hasle, G. & Syvertsen, E. 1980. The diatoms genus Cerataulina: Morphology and taxonomy. Bacillaria. 3: 79-113.
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.
Hendey, N. I. 1964. An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. Part 5: Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms). HSMO, London. 317 pp.

Biovolumes

Species Cerataulina pelagica
Author (P.T. Cleve) Hendey 1937
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cylinder
Formula p/4*d^2*h
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 5x45-50 8-12x30-40 8-12x70-80 15-17x35-50 15x60-70 15-16x100 17-23x35-65 17-23x65-85 20x100 21-22x110-130 26-28x80-90 30x40-50 30x60-80 40x40-50 40x60-80 40x90-100 8-12x40-70
Height(h), µm 47.5 35.0 75.0 42.5 65.0 100.0 50.0 79.0 100.0 120.0 85.0 45.0 70.0 45.0 70.0 95.0 55.0
Diameter(d1), µm 5.0 10.0 10.0 16.0 15.0 15.5 20.0 20.5 20.0 21.5 27.0 30.0 30.0 40.0 40.0 40.0 10.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 932 2 748 5 888 8 541 11 481 18 860 15 700 26 062 31 400 43 544 48 643 31 793 49 455 56 520 87 920 119 320 4 318
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 74 177 329 444 565 845 728 1 098 1 278 1 666 1 822 1 291 1 847 2 058 2 945 3 772 256

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

  • 2013-05-14 07:01:46 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Cerataulina pelagica_7.jpg
  • 2013-05-14 07:00:52 Regina Hansen - Added media: Cerataulina pelagica_7.jpg
  • 2012-10-04 10:38:24 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Cerataulina pelagica_4.jpg
  • 2012-10-04 10:35:57 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Cerataulina pelagica_6.jpg
  • 2012-10-04 10:33:33 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Cerataulina pelagica_6.jpg
  • 2012-09-24 14:24:43 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Cerataulina pelagica_5.jpg
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  • 2011-10-13 11:36:53 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Cerataulina pelagica_4.jpg
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  • 2011-09-20 20:15:49 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Cerataulina pelagica_2.gif
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