Dinophysis rotundata Claperède & Lachmann, 1859

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Dinophysis rotundata

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Title
Dinophysis rotundata
Photographer/artist
Susanne Busch
Copyright holder
Susanne Busch
Copyright stamp
S.Busch (IOW)
Institute
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Susanne Busch
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

Synonym names

  • Phalacroma rotundatum

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Other remarks
This species is nonphotosynthetic. It can ingest ciliates (Hansen 1991)
Distribution: Worldwide
Harmfulness, IOC
This species is included in the IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 36-56 µm, width 40-45 µm
Literature
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Hansen, P. J. 1991. Dinophysis - a planktonic dinoflagellate genus which can act both as prey and a predator of a ciliate. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 69: 201-204.
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.
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 rotundata
Author Claperède & Lachmann 1859
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order DINOPHYSALES
Trophy HT
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1 2 3 4
Unit cell cell cell cell
Size range 30-35 35-40 40-45 45-55
Length(l1), µm 32.5 37.0 43.0 50.0
Diameter(d1), µm 29.3 33.3 38.7 45.0
Diameter(d2), µm 8.1 9.3 10.8 12.5
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 4 042 5 964 9 362 14 719
Comment 3; 7; HD fact.=0,25 3; 7; HD fact.=0,25 3; 7; HD fact.=0,25 3; 7; HD fact.=0,25
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 526 758 1 158 1 770

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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