Chaetoceros similis P.T. Cleve, 1896

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Chaetoceros similis

A = Vegative cell with two chloroplasts (BF); B = Vegetative cells in chain (PC); C = Resting spores (BF). A-C=Living cells

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Chaetoceros similis
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = Vegative cell with two chloroplasts (BF); B = Vegetative cells in chain (PC); C = Resting spores (BF). A-C=Living cells
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Apertures narrow and divided in two parts. Mostly two chloroplasts.
Other remarks
Solitary specimens can be confused with solitary living species as e.g. Chaetoceros tenuissimus Meunier.
Distribution: Northern Atlantic and Northern Pacific.
Life form
Cells united in short chains or solitary.
Size
Diameter = 5 - 17 µm, Pervalvar axis = 11-15 µm, Transapical axis = 7 µm
Resting spore
+
Literature
Cleve, P. T. 1896b. Redog&ouml,relse f&ouml,r de svenska hydrografiska unders&ouml,kningarne februari 1896. V. Planktonunders&ouml,kningar: Vegetabilskt plankton. Bih. Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 22(III, 5): 1-33.
Rines, J. E. B. & Hargraves, P. E. 1988. The Chaetoceros Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyceae) flora of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. Bibliotheca Phycologica 79: 1-196.
Sundström, B. 1973. Chaetoceros arter i Öresund. MSc. Thesis Univ. of Lund. 77 pp.

Biovolumes

Species Chaetoceros similis
Author P.T. Cleve 1896
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 7
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 8-10x10-12 8-10x12-15 8-10x15-17 10-13x12-17 13-15x9-13 15-17x15-20 17-21x15-20
Height(h), µm 11.0 14.0 16.0 14.5 9.7 17.5 18.0
Diameter(d1), µm 9.0 9.0 9.0 11.5 13.5 16.0 20.0
Diameter(d2), µm 6.3 6.3 6.3 8.1 9.5 11.2 14.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 490 623 712 1 054 966 2 462 3 956
Comment HD fac.=0.7 HD fac.=0.7 HD fac.=0.7 HD fac.=0.7 HD fac.=0.7 HD fac.=0.7 HD fac.=0.7
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 44 53 59 81 76 162 238

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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