Diaphanoeca sphaerica Thomsen, 1982
Diaphanoeca sphaerica
Lorica length: 24-35µm, Lorica width: 20µm Costae: 3 transverse, 7 longitudinal Distribution: Coastal, North Atlantic, Baltic Characteristic features: Lorica barrel-shaped with pointed posterior, cell located in the basal part of the lorica. May form colonies.
Photographer/artist Regina Hansen
Additional image information
- Title
- Diaphanoeca sphaerica
- Photographer/artist
- Regina Hansen
- Institute
- Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde
- Contributing organisation
- HELCOM-PEG
- Contributor
- Regina Hansen
- Caption
- Lorica length: 24-35µm, Lorica width: 20µm Costae: 3 transverse, 7 longitudinal Distribution: Coastal, North Atlantic, Baltic Characteristic features: Lorica barrel-shaped with pointed posterior, cell located in the basal part of the lorica. May form colonies.
- Geographic area
- Baltic Sea - Mecklenburger Bight
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- Lugols iodine
- Contrast enhancement
- Phase contrast
- Stain
- No stain
- Image galleries
- HELCOM-PEG
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238117
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 70162
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238117
- Tropic type
- H
Biovolumes
| Species | Diaphanoeca sphaerica |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomsen 1982 |
| Division | ZOOMASTIGOPHORA |
| Class | Choanoflagellidea |
| Order | CHOANOFLAGELLIDA |
| Trophy | HT |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/6*d^2*l |
| Size class | 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit | cell |
| Size range | 7-10 |
| Length(l1), µm | 8.5 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 6.4 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 182 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 28.6 |
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
- 2018-05-07 11:45:38 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Diaphanoeca sphaerica_1.png
- 2018-05-07 11:39:05 Regina Hansen - Added media: Diaphanoeca sphaerica_1.png
