Chrysochromulina parkeae Green & Leadbeater
Chrysochromulina parkeae
A = A living cell (BF); B = Scales (arrows=spiny scales with spoon-shaped base) dry preparation , (DIC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Chrysochromulina parkeae
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A = A living cell (BF); B = Scales (arrows=spiny scales with spoon-shaped base) dry preparation , (DIC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 236994
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 55039
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 236994
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Haptonema (2.5-4.5 µm long) shorter than flagella, scales of four forms (EM)
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- length 10-26 µm, width 5-10 µm
- Literature
- Green, J. C. & Leadbeater B. S. C. 1972. Chrysochromulina parkeae sp. nov. (Haptophyceae) a new species recorded from S. W. England and Norway. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 52: 469-474.
Biovolumes
| Species | Chrysochromulina parkeae |
|---|---|
| Author | Green&Leadbeater 1972 |
| Division | HAPTOPHYTA |
| Class | Prymnesiophyceae (Haptophyceae) |
| Order | PRYMNESIALES |
| Trophy | MX |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/6*d^2*l |
| Size class | 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit | cell |
| Size range | 15 |
| Length(l1), µm | 15.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 8.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 502 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 74 |
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
