Chaetoceros debilis P.T. Cleve, 1894

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Chaetoceros debilis

Photographer/artist Ann-Turi Skjevik

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Title
Chaetoceros debilis
Photographer/artist
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Copyright holder
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Institute
SMHI
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Sampling date
2010-05
Location
Swedish west 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
Chains spirally twisted, basal part of setae distinct, setae extending outward from the spiral, resting spore
Other remarks

Distribution: Worldwide mainly in cold waters
Life form
Cells united in chains
Size
Diameter = 10-40 µm
Resting spore
+
Literature
Cleve, P. T. 1894. II. Planktonunders&ouml,kningar, Cilioflagellater och Diatomac&eacute,er. Bih. Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 20(III, 2): 1-16.
Drebes, G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. 186 pp.
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.
Rines, J. E. B. & Hargraves, P. E. 1988. The Chaetoceros Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyceae) flora of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. Bibliotheca Phycologica 79: 1-196

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Biovolumes

Species Chaetoceros debilis
Author P.T. Cleve 1894
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
Unit cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 12-15x7 11-15x15 15-20x15 20-30x12-15 33x12
Height(h), µm 7.0 15.0 15.0 13.5 12.0
Diameter(d1), µm 13.8 13.0 17.5 25.0 33.0
Diameter(d2), µm 10.3 9.8 13.1 18.8 24.8
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 779 1 492 2 705 4 968 7 694
Comment HD fac.=0.75 HD fac.=0.75 HD fac.=0.75 HD fac.=0.75 HD fac.=0.75
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 64 108 175 286 408

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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