Cryptomonas curvata Ehrenb.

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Cryptomonas curvata
Author Ehrenberg 1832 emend. Hoef-Emden et Melkonian
Division CRYPTOPHYTA
Class Cryptophyceae
Order CRYPTOMONADALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 17-21x10-12 22-26x13-15 27-33x15-16 34-40x17-18 41-47x18-20 48-54x19-22
Length(l1), µm 19.0 24.0 30.0 37.0 44.0 50.0
Diameter(d1), µm 11.0 14.0 16.0 18.0 19.0 20.0
Diameter(d2), µm 10.0 11.0 13.0 17.0 18.0 18.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 1 094 1 934 3 266 5 925 7 875 9 420
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 154 263 431 753 984 1 164

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