Coscinodiscus radiatus Ehrenberg, 1841 (1839)
Coscinodiscus radiatus
Ref: The Baltic Marine Biologists Publication No. 16b
Photographer/artist Susanna Hajdu
Additional image information
- Title
- Coscinodiscus radiatus
- Photographer/artist
- Susanna Hajdu
- Copyright holder
- Susanna Hajdu
- Institute
- Department of Systems Ecology , Uppsala Section, Stockholm University
- Contributor
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Caption
- Ref: The Baltic Marine Biologists Publication No. 16b
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Image galleries
- HELCOM-PEG
Synonym names
- Azpeitia nodulifera
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237423
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 70887
More info at http://algaebase.org - REBECCA code: R2568
More info at http://www.freshwaterecology.info
- Dyntaxa ID: 237423
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Flat cells with large uniform areolae in radial rows throughout the entire valve face
- Other remarks
Distribution: Worldwide- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Diameter = 30-180 µm
- Literature
- Hasle, G. & Sims, P. A. 1986a. The diatom genus Coscinodiscus Ehrenb.: C. argus Ehrenb. and C. radiatus Ehrenb. Botanica Marina. 29: 305-318.
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.
Hendey, N. I. 1964. An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. Part 5: Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms). HSMO, London. 317 pp.
Biovolumes
Species | Coscinodiscus radiatus |
---|---|
Author | Ehrenberg 1841 |
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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unit | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell |
Size range | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50-60 | 60-70 | 70-90 | 90-110 | 110-130 | 130-150 | 180 |
Height(h), µm | 20.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 20.0 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 35.0 | 45.0 | 55.0 | 65.0 | 80.0 | 100.0 | 120.0 | 140.0 | 180.0 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 19 233 | 47 689 | 71 239 | 116 082 | 175 840 | 235 500 | 339 120 | 461 580 | 508 680 |
Comment | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 859 | 1 793 | 2 483 | 3 689 | 5 166 | 6 548 | 8 801 | 11 300 | 12 227 |
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
- 2018-09-28 06:05:49 Johanne Arff - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus radiatus_8.jpg
- 2018-09-27 07:53:32 Johanne Arff - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus radiatus_8.jpg
- 2018-09-27 07:39:46 Johanne Arff - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus radiatus_8.jpg
- 2018-09-27 07:37:47 Johanne Arff - Added media: Coscinodiscus radiatus_8.jpg
- 2014-03-27 07:15:29 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus radiatus_7.jpg
- 2014-03-27 07:14:44 Susanne Busch - Added media: Coscinodiscus radiatus_7.jpg
- 2013-05-06 11:49:57 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus radiatus_6.jpg
- 2013-05-06 11:49:16 Malin Mohlin - Added media: Coscinodiscus radiatus_6.jpg
- 2012-10-04 10:51:50 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus radiatus_5.jpg
- 2012-10-04 10:51:22 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Coscinodiscus radiatus_5.jpg
- 2012-09-17 15:50:52 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus radiatus_4.jpg
- 2012-09-17 15:50:06 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Coscinodiscus radiatus_4.jpg
- 2012-02-21 13:05:18 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus radiatus_3.jpg
- 2012-02-21 13:04:02 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Coscinodiscus radiatus_3.jpg
- 2011-09-23 20:32:50 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Coscinodiscus radiatus_2.gif
- 2011-09-23 20:30:26 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Coscinodiscus radiatus_2.gif