Chrysochromulina birgeri G. Hällfors & Niemi
Chrysochromulina birgeri
A-C = Living cells and one collapsed (A,I arrow=nuclei) (A,B DIC, C PC); D = Cell with four flagella, Lugol. (PC); E = Chloroplasts in epifluorescence; F = Large scales with two horns (PC); G-J = Lugol fixed cells, notice haptonema in H. (DIC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Chrysochromulina birgeri
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A-C = Living cells and one collapsed (A,I arrow=nuclei) (A,B DIC, C PC); D = Cell with four flagella, Lugol. (PC); E = Chloroplasts in epifluorescence; F = Large scales with two horns (PC); G-J = Lugol fixed cells, notice haptonema in H. (DIC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 236971
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 55025
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 236971
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Cells with two or four flagella, Two distinct size groups of almost identically constructed scales
- Other remarks
- Most often in or below ice
Distribution: Southern coast of Finland, Swedish West coast, Japan (Takahashi, E. 1981 in Hällfors 1989) - Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- length = 13-24 (31) µm, width = 8-11 µm
- Resting spore
- 0
- Literature
- Hällfors, G. & Niemi, Å. 1974. A Chrysochromulina (Haptophyceae) bloom under the ice in the Tvärminne Archipelago, southern coast of Finland. Memoranda Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica. 50: 89-104.
Hällfors, G. 1989. Chrysochromulina birgeri G. Hällfors et Niemi (Prymnesiophyceae). Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Identification Sheet No. 2. Ann Bot. Fennici. 26: 91-92.
Hällfors, G. & Thomsen, A. 1979. Further observations on Chrysochromulina birgeri (Prymnesiophyceae) from the Tvärminne archipelago, SW coast of Finland. Acta Bot. Fennica. 110: 41-46.
Biovolumes
| Species | Chrysochromulina birgeri |
|---|---|
| Author | G. Hällfors & Niemi |
| Division | HAPTOPHYTA |
| Class | Prymnesiophyceae (Haptophyceae) |
| Order | PRYMNESIALES |
| Trophy | MX |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/6*d^2*l |
| Size class | 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit | cell |
| Size range | 8-11x13-24 |
| Length(l1), µm | 18.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 9.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 763 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 110 |
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
- 2012-09-14 11:15:00 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Chrysochromulina birgeri_2.jpg
- 2012-09-14 11:14:46 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Chrysochromulina birgeri_2.jpg
