Chaetoceros affinis Lauder, 1864

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Chaetoceros affinis

A = Entire chain with large terminal setae; B&C = Parts of chains. All DIC

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Chaetoceros affinis
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = Entire chain with large terminal setae; B&C = Parts of chains. All DIC
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Other remarks

Distribution: Worldwide
Life form
Cells united in chains
Size
Diameter = 7-30 µm
Resting spore
+
Literature
Cupp, E. E. 1943. Marine Plankton Diatoms of the West Coast of North America. Bulletin of the Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. of the University of California. 5: 1-237.
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.
Jensen, K. G. & Moestrup, Ø. 1998. The genus Chaetoceros (Bacillariophyceae) in inner Danish coastal waters. Opera Botanica. 133: 1-68.
Rines, J. E. B. & Hargraves, P. E. 1988. The Chaetoceros Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyceae) flora of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. Bibliotheca Phycologica 79: 1-196

Biovolumes

Species Chaetoceros affinis
Author Lauder 1864
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape oval cylinder
Formula p/4*d1*d2*h
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 8x20 12-15x15-18 12-18x22-28 8-12x18-22 12-18x18-22 12-18x25-35
Height(h), µm 20.0 16.5 25.0 20.0 20.0 30.0
Diameter(d1), µm 8.0 13.5 15.0 10.0 15.0 15.0
Diameter(d2), µm 8.0 11.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 1 005 1 923 2 944 1 570 2 355 3 533
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 78 133 187 113 156 217

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

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