Dictyosphaerium pulchellum H.C. Wood, 1872 (1874?)

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Dictyosphaerium pulchellum H.C. Wood 1872

Photographer/artist Irina Olenina

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Title
Dictyosphaerium pulchellum H.C. Wood 1872
Photographer/artist
Irina Olenina
Institute
Department of Marine Research, Environmental Protection Agency
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Irina Olenina
Sampling date
20-09-2011
Location
South-eastern part of the Baltic Sea, Curonian Lagoon
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Synonym names

  • Mucidosphaerium pulchellum

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Subordinate taxa

Illustration Taxon name
Dictyosphaerium pulchellum var. minutum

Biovolumes

Species Dictyosphaerium pulchellum
Author H.C. Wood 1872
Division CHLOROPHYTA
Class Chlorophyceae
Order CHLOROCOCCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape sphere
Formula p/6*d^3
Size class 1 2 3 4 5
Unit colony colony colony colony colony
Size range 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8
Diameter(d1), µm 3.5 4.5 5.5 6.5 7.5
No. of cells/counting unit 4 4 4 4 4
Calculated volume, µm3 90 191 348 575 883
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 16.0 32.5 57.3 91.7 137.2

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

  • 2012-06-06 10:34:50 Irina Olenina - Updated media metadata for Dictyosphaerium pulchellum_1.jpg
  • 2012-06-06 10:33:32 Irina Olenina - Added media: Dictyosphaerium pulchellum_1.jpg