Ceratium lineatum (Ehrenberg) P.T. Cleve, 1899
Ceratium lineatum
A northerly species, regularly found in the North Atlantic, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Cells 70-180µm long, 25-45µm wide. (Marine Phytoplankton:Mona Hoppenrath 2009)
Photographer/artist Regina Hansen
Additional image information
- Title
- Ceratium lineatum
- Photographer/artist
- Regina Hansen
- Institute
- Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde
- Contributing organisation
- HELCOM-PEG
- Contributor
- Regina Hansen
- Caption
- A northerly species, regularly found in the North Atlantic, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Cells 70-180µm long, 25-45µm wide. (Marine Phytoplankton:Mona Hoppenrath 2009)
- Geographic area
- Baltic Sea - Mecklenburger Bight
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- No preservation
- Contrast enhancement
- Phase contrast
- Stain
- No stain
- Image galleries
- HELCOM-PEG
Synonym names
- Neoceratium lineatum
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238307
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52161
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238307
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 100-130 µm, width 25-45 µm
- Literature
- Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
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.
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 lineatum |
|---|---|
| Author | (Ehrenberg) P.T. Cleve 1899 |
| Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
| Class | Dinophyceae |
| Order | GONYAULACALES |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | 1.2375*d^2.5989 |
| Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell |
| Size range | width: 25-30 | width: 30-35 | width: 35-40 | width: 40-45 | width: 45-50 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 25.0 | 30.0 | 35.0 | 40.0 | 50.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 5 317 | 8 540 | 12 747 | 18 036 | 32 211 |
| Comment | 5; 6 | 5; 6 | 5; 6 | 5; 6 | 5; 6 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 681 | 1 062 | 1 547 | 2 143 | 3 694 |
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
- 2018-04-27 10:02:22 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Ceratium lineatum_5.png
- 2018-04-27 08:28:48 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Ceratium lineatum_5.png
- 2018-04-27 08:17:33 Regina Hansen - Added media: Ceratium lineatum_5.png
- 2012-10-05 12:50:14 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Ceratium lineatum_4.jpg
- 2012-10-05 12:48:44 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Ceratium lineatum_4.jpg
- 2012-10-05 12:48:01 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Ceratium lineatum_2.jpg
- 2012-10-05 12:47:27 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Ceratium lineatum_2.jpg
- 2012-10-05 12:47:15 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Deleted media: Ceratium lineatum_2.jpg
- 2012-09-17 15:40:49 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Ceratium lineatum_3.jpg
- 2012-09-17 15:40:17 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Ceratium lineatum_3.jpg
- 2011-10-13 12:47:00 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Ceratium lineatum_2.jpg
- 2011-10-13 12:46:04 Malin Mohlin - Added media: Ceratium lineatum_2.jpg
