Dinophysis acuminata Claparède & Lachmann

Dinophysis acuminata
Living cells (BF&DIC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Dinophysis acuminata
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- Living cells (BF&DIC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238459
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52217
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238459
- Tropic type
- A/H
- Morphology
- Form and size
- Other remarks
- Toxic, species-complex(?)
Distribution: Worldwide - Harmfulness, IOC
- This species is included in the IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 38-58 µm, width 30-38 µm
- Literature
- Balech, E. 1976a. Some norwegian Dinophysis species (Dinoflagellata). Sarsia. 61: 75-94.
Hansen, G. & Larsen, J. 1992. Dinoflagellater i danske farvande. In: Thomsen, H. A. (ed.) Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Copenhagen, p. 45-155.
Larsen, J. & Ø. Moestrup. 1992. Potentially toxic phytoplankton. 2. Genus Dinophysis (Dinophyceae). In: (Lindley eds.) ICES Identification leaflets for plankton. International Council for the exploration of the sea, Copenhagen, pp. 1-12.
Lee, J.-S., Igarashi,T., Fraga, S., Dahl, E., Hovgaard, P. & Yasumoto, T. 1989. Determination of diarrhetic shellfish toxins in various dinoflagellate species. J. appl. Phycol. 1: 147-152.
Steidinger, K. A. & Tangen, K. 1996. Dinoflagellates. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 387-584.
Biovolumes
Species | Dinophysis acuminata |
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Author | Claparède & Lachmann 1859 |
Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
Class | Dinophyceae |
Order | DINOPHYSALES |
Trophy | MX |
Geometric shape | ![]() |
Formula | p/6*l*d1*d2 |
Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Unit | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell |
Size range | 28-32 | 33-37 | 38-42 | 43-47 | 48-52 | 53-57 |
Length(l1), µm | 30.0 | 35.0 | 40.0 | 45.0 | 50.0 | 55.0 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 21.0 | 25.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 36.0 | 40.0 |
Diameter(d2), µm | 15.0 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 27.5 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 4 946 | 8 014 | 12 141 | 16 956 | 23 550 | 31 662 |
Comment | HD fact.=0.5 | HD fact.=0.5 | HD fact.=0.5 | HD fact.=0.5 | HD fact.=0.5 | HD fact.=0.5 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 636 | 1 000 | 1 478 | 2 022 | 2 753 | 3 635 |
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
- 2014-09-26 13:17:51 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_10.jpg
- 2014-09-26 13:13:59 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Dinophysis acuminata_10.jpg
- 2014-09-26 13:07:12 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_9.jpg
- 2014-09-26 13:03:20 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Dinophysis acuminata_9.jpg
- 2014-06-02 10:46:36 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_8.png
- 2014-06-02 10:44:58 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_8.png
- 2014-06-02 10:43:58 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_8.png
- 2014-06-02 10:16:56 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_8.png
- 2014-06-02 10:04:00 Regina Hansen - Added media: Dinophysis acuminata_8.png
- 2012-09-14 11:31:35 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_7.gif
- 2012-09-14 11:31:29 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Dinophysis acuminata_7.gif
- 2012-09-14 11:31:14 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_6.jpg
- 2012-09-14 11:31:02 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Dinophysis acuminata_6.jpg
- 2012-09-14 11:30:35 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_3.jpg
- 2012-09-14 11:30:23 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Dinophysis acuminata_3.jpg
- 2012-09-14 11:29:59 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Deleted media: Dinophysis acuminata_3.jpg
- 2012-09-14 11:29:41 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_3.jpg
- 2012-09-14 11:29:29 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Dinophysis acuminata_3.jpg
- 2012-09-14 11:29:19 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Deleted media: Dinophysis acuminata_3.jpg
- 2012-05-14 21:17:28 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_5.jpg
- 2012-05-14 21:17:02 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Dinophysis acuminata_5.jpg
- 2012-02-21 15:42:58 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_4.jpg
- 2012-02-21 15:42:43 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Dinophysis acuminata_4.jpg
- 2012-02-21 15:42:04 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_3.jpg
- 2012-02-21 15:40:58 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Dinophysis acuminata_3.jpg
- 2011-09-27 06:47:57 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Dinophysis acuminata_2.jpg