Ceratium macroceros (Ehrenberg) Vanhöffen, 1897
Ceratium macroceros
Two living cells (DIC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Ceratium macroceros
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- Two living cells (DIC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Synonym names
- Neoceratium macroceros
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238310
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 140328
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238310
- Morphology
- Angular box-like body with offset apical horn directed to the right. Hypothecal horns with open ends
- Other remarks
Distribution: Worldwide- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 300-400 µm, width 45 µm
- Literature
- Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
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 macroceros |
|---|---|
| Author | (Ehrenberg) Vanhöffen 1897 |
| Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
| Class | Dinophyceae |
| Order | GONYAULACALES |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | 0.32437*d^3.0474 |
| Size class | 1 | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | cell |
| Size range | width: 40-50 | width: 50-60 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 45.0 | 55.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 35 403 | 65 256 |
| Comment | 5; 6 | 5; 6 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 4 036 | 7 168 |
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 10:14:51 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Ceratium macroceros_5.png
- 2018-04-27 10:11:37 Regina Hansen - Added media: Ceratium macroceros_5.png
- 2012-09-24 14:46:22 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Ceratium macroceros_4.jpg
- 2012-09-24 14:46:10 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Ceratium macroceros_4.jpg
- 2012-09-17 15:46:45 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Ceratium macroceros_3.JPG
- 2012-09-17 15:45:54 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Ceratium macroceros_3.JPG
- 2012-02-21 13:02:48 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Ceratium macroceros_2.jpg
- 2012-02-21 13:01:52 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Ceratium macroceros_2.jpg
