Chrysochromulina parkeae Green & Leadbeater

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Chrysochromulina parkeae

A = A living cell (BF); B = Scales (arrows=spiny scales with spoon-shaped base) dry preparation , (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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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

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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 rotational ellipsoid
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