Detonula confervacea (P.T. Cleve) Gran, 1900

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Detonula confervaceae

Photographer/artist Ann-Turi Skjevik

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Title
Detonula confervaceae
Photographer/artist
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Copyright holder
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Institute
SMHI
Contributing organisation
SMHI
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Sampling date
2011-02-07
Geographic area
Kattegat - Swedish coast
Location
N7 Ost Nidingen
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Size, ring of strutted processes and restingspore
Other remarks

Distribution: Northern Atlantic.
Life form
Cells united in chains.
Size
Diameter = 6 - 20 µm, Pervalvar axis 15-30 µm
Resting spore
+
Literature
Cleve, P. T. 1896a. Diatoms from Baffins Bay and Davis Strait. Bih. Kongl. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 22(III, 4): 1-22.
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.
Syvertsen, E. E. 1979. Resting spore formation in clonal cultures of Thalassiosira antarctica Comber, T. nordenskioeldii Cleve and Detonula confervacea (Cleve) Gran. Beiheft zur Nova Hedwigia. 64: 41-63.

Biovolumes

Species Detonula confervacea
Author (P.T. Cleve) Gran 1900
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cylinder
Formula p/4*d^2*h
Size class 1 2 3
Unit cell cell cell
Size range 5-6x13-15 8-10x12-19 15x20
Height(h), µm 14.0 15.0 20.0
Diameter(d1), µm 5.5 9.0 15.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 332 954 3 533
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 32 75 217

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

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  • 2014-03-27 12:00:57 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Detonula confervacea_5.jpg
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  • 2012-02-21 15:55:28 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Detonula confervacea_3.jpg
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