Coscinodiscus concinnus W. Smith, 1856
Coscinodiscus concinnus
Photographer/artist Ann-Turi Skjevik
Additional image information
- Title
- Coscinodiscus concinnus
- Photographer/artist
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Copyright holder
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Institute
- SMHI
- Contributor
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Sampling date
- 2011-11
- Location
- N Kattegat
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- No preservation
- Contrast enhancement
- DIC/Nomarski
- Stain
- No stain
- Image galleries
- Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237412
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 37678
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 237412
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Central area and wide interstriae. Great distance between valve margin and processes
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Diameter = 150-500 µm
- Resting spore
- 0
- Literature
- Boalch, G. T. 1971. The typification of the diatom species Coscinodiscus concinnus Wm. Smith and Coscinodiscus granii Gough. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 51: 685-695.
Brooks, M. 1975. Studies on the genus Coscinodiscus. I. Light, transmission and scanning electron microscopy of C. concinnus Wm. Smith. Botanica Marina. 18: 1-13.
Hasle, G. R. & Lange, C. B. 1992. Morphology and distribution of Coscinodiscus species from the Oslofjord, Norway, and the Skagerrak, North Atlantic. Diatom Research. 7: 37-68.
Hasle, G. R. & Syvertsen, E. E. 1996. Marine diatoms. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 5-385.
Biovolumes
Species | Coscinodiscus concinnus |
---|---|
Author | W. Smith 1856 |
Division | CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA) |
Class | Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) |
Order | EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES) |
Trophy | AU |
Geometric shape | |
Formula | p/4*d^2*h |
Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unit | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell |
Size range | 130-150 | 150-170 | 170-230 | 230-300 | 300-370 |
Height(h), µm | 70.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 79.5 | 83.8 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 140.0 | 160.0 | 200.0 | 265.0 | 335.0 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 1 077 020 | 1 607 680 | 2 512 000 | 4 382 567 | 7 378 092 |
Comment | 6; HD fac.=0.5 | 6; HD fac.=0.5 | 6; HD fac.=0.4 | 6; HD fac.=0.3 | 6; HD fac.=0.25 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 22 466 | 31 090 | 44 649 | 70 119 | 106 978 |
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
- 2013-05-14 07:19:31 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus concinnus_4.jpg
- 2013-05-14 07:18:53 Regina Hansen - Added media: Coscinodiscus concinnus_4.jpg
- 2012-09-24 12:14:24 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Deleted media: Coscinodiscus concinnus_4.jpg
- 2012-09-24 12:13:44 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus concinnus_8.jpg
- 2012-09-24 12:12:27 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Coscinodiscus concinnus_8.jpg
- 2011-12-21 10:07:15 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus concinnus_7.jpg
- 2011-12-21 10:06:59 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Coscinodiscus concinnus_7.jpg
- 2011-12-21 10:05:43 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus concinnus_6.jpg
- 2011-12-21 10:04:22 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Coscinodiscus concinnus_6.jpg
- 2011-12-21 10:03:58 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus concinnus_5.jpg
- 2011-12-21 10:03:38 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Coscinodiscus concinnus_5.jpg
- 2011-12-21 10:03:13 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus concinnus_4.jpg
- 2011-12-21 10:01:18 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Coscinodiscus concinnus_4.jpg
- 2011-09-23 20:27:49 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus concinnus_2.gif
- 2011-09-23 20:27:16 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus concinnus_3.gif
- 2011-09-23 20:25:37 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Coscinodiscus concinnus_3.gif
- 2011-09-23 20:25:13 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus concinnus_2.gif
- 2011-09-23 20:24:20 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Coscinodiscus concinnus_2.gif