Chrysochromulina birgeri G. Hällfors & Niemi

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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

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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)
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Description

IDs in other systems
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 rotational ellipsoid
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),
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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