Coccolithus pelagicus (G.C.Wall.) J.Schiller

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Coccolithus pelagicus

Coccolith case (SEM)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Coccolithus pelagicus
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Copyright stamp
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
Dept. of Marine botany, University of Gothenburg
Contributing organisation
University of Gothenburg
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Coccolith case (SEM)
Geographic area
Skagerrak - Swedish coast
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
Preservation
Not described
Stain
Sputter coated
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Mostly a bar crosses the central pore of the coccolith
Other remarks
The holococcolithophorids Crystallolithus braarudii Gaarder and C. hyalinus Gaarder et Markali are part in the life history (Heimdal 1993)
Distribution: North Atlantic, Mediterranean, New Zealand, Skagerrak
Life form
Solitary
Size
Diameter = 10-40 µm, length of placolith = 4.4-13 µm
Literature
Heimdal, B. R. 1993. Modern Coccolithophorids. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Marine Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and coccolithophorids. p. 147-247.
Manton, I. & Leedale, G. F. 1969. Observations on the microanatomy of Coccolithus pelagicus and Cricosphaera carterae, with special reference to the origin and nature of coccoliths and scales. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 49: 1-16.
Parke, M. & Adams, I. 1960. The motile (Crystallolithus hyalinus Gaarder & Markali) and non-motile phases in the life history of Coccolithus pelagicus (Wallich) Schiller. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 39: 263-274.

Change History

  • 2011-09-26 19:05:30 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Coccolithus pelagicus_2.gif
  • 2011-09-26 19:04:36 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Coccolithus pelagicus_2.gif