Chaetoceros minimus (Levander) Marino et al., 1991
Chaetoceros minimus
Living cells (PC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Chaetoceros minimus
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- Living cells (PC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237335
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 105140
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 237335
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- One seta per valve, the two setae running in opposite direction
- Other remarks
- In coastal brackish waters
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Apical axis = 2-7 µm, pervalvar axis 6-32 µm
- Resting spore
- +
- Literature
- 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.
Marino, D., Giuffré, G., Montresor, M. & Zingone, A. 1991. An electron microscope investigation on Chaetoceros minimus(Levander) comb. nov. and new observations on C. throndsenii (Marino et al.) comb. nov. Diat. Res.6: 317-326
Biovolumes
| Species | Chaetoceros minimus |
|---|---|
| Author | (Levander) Marino, Giuffré, Montresor & Zingone 1991 |
| Division | CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA) |
| Class | Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) |
| Order | EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES) |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/4*d^2*h |
| Size class | 1 | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | cell |
| Size range | 4x22 | 3x10-15 |
| Height(h), µm | 21.5 | 12.5 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 3.8 | 3.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 244 | 88 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 25 | 11 |
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
- 2021-10-01 14:54:49 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Chaetoceros minimus_4.jpg
- 2021-10-01 14:54:10 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Chaetoceros minimus_4.jpg
- 2019-01-03 08:27:32 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Chaetoceros minimus_3.jpg
- 2019-01-03 08:26:49 Susanne Busch - Added media: Chaetoceros minimus_3.jpg
- 2019-01-03 08:23:32 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Chaetoceros minimus_2.jpg
- 2019-01-03 08:18:29 Susanne Busch - Added media: Chaetoceros minimus_2.jpg
