Chaetoceros tenuissimus Meunier, 1913
Chaetoceros tenuissimus
Vegetative cells. (PC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Chaetoceros tenuissimus
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- Vegetative cells. (PC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237349
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- Dyntaxa ID: 237349
- Other remarks
- Common in the brackish water layer of fiords and inlets. Confused with other small solitary Chaetoceros species
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Diameter = 3-5 µm
- 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.
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 tenuissimus |
|---|---|
| Author | Meunier 1913 |
| Division | CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA) |
| Class | Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) |
| Order | EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES) |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/4*d1*d2*h |
| Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | cell | cell | cell |
| Size range | 2.5x3 | 3x3-5 | 4x5 | 5x5 |
| Height(h), µm | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Diameter(d2), µm | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 13 | 25 | 55 | 85 |
| Comment | HD fac.=0.87 | HD fac.=0.87 | HD fac.=0.87 | HD fac.=0.87 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 2 | 4 | 7 | 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
- 2012-09-17 08:10:18 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Chaetoceros tenuissimus_2.jpg
- 2011-10-13 13:37:50 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Chaetoceros tenuissimus_2.jpg
- 2011-10-13 13:37:24 Malin Mohlin - Added media: Chaetoceros tenuissimus_2.jpg
