Ceratium horridum (P.T. Cleve) Gran, 1902
Ceratium horridum
Photographer/artist Marita Helgesen
Additional image information
- Title
- Ceratium horridum
- Photographer/artist
- Marita Helgesen
- Copyright holder
- Marita Helgesen
- Institute
- Institute of marine research
- Contributor
- Marita Helgesen
- Geographic area
- Skagerrak - Norwegian coast
- Location
- Flødevigen
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- No preservation
- Contrast enhancement
- DIC/Nomarski
- Stain
- No stain
Synonym names
- Neoceratium horridum
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238304
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52155
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238304
- Morphology
- Open-ended horns and nearly straight apical horn
- Other remarks
- A very variable species. According to Reinecke (1973) this species should be named C. tenue
Distribution: Worldwide - Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 280-360 µm, width 40-50 µm
- Literature
- Hansen, G. & Larsen, J. 1992. Dinoflagellater i danske farvande. In: Thomsen, H. A. (ed.) Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Copenhagen, p. 45-155.
Reinecke, P. 1973. Studies on the genus Ceratium Schrank, with reference to specimens collected in the Agulhas current 3. J. S: Afr. Bot., 39 (4): 277-374.
Steidinger, K. A. & Tangen, K. 1996. Dinoflagellates. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 387-584.
Biovolumes
| Species | Ceratium horridum |
|---|---|
| Author | (P.T. Cleve) Gran 1902 |
| Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
| Class | Dinophyceae |
| Order | GONYAULACALES |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | 0.32437*d^3.0474 |
| Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | cell | cell |
| Size range | width: 35-45 | width: 45-55 | width: 55-65 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 40.0 | 50.0 | 60.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 24 726 | 48 807 | 85 070 |
| Comment | 5; 6 | 5; 6 | 5; 6 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 2 882 | 5 457 | 9 194 |
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
- 2020-02-27 14:16:01 Marita Helgesen - Updated media metadata for Ceratium horridum_3.jpg
- 2020-02-27 14:15:27 Marita Helgesen - Added media: Ceratium horridum_3.jpg
- 2011-10-13 12:45:31 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Ceratium horridum_2.jpg
- 2011-10-13 12:45:00 Malin Mohlin - Added media: Ceratium horridum_2.jpg
