Eutreptiella gymnastica Throndsen, 1969

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Eutreptiella gymnastica

Photographer/artist Gert Hansen

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Title
Eutreptiella gymnastica
Photographer/artist
Gert Hansen
Copyright holder
Gert Hansen
Copyright stamp
Gert Hansen
Institute
The Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa at the University of Copenhagen
Contributing organisation
SCCAP, University of Copenhagen
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
Not described
Stain
No stain

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Cell with two unequal flagella and one reticulate chloroplast with a single pyrenoid. Stigma large and marked metaboly
Other remarks

Distribution: Coastal Atlantic
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 17-38 µm
Resting spore
+
Culture collections
SCCAP
The Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa at the University of Copenhagen
More info at http://www.sccap.dk.
Strains: K-0334, K-0333
Literature
Olli, K.1996. Resting cyst formation of Eutreptiella gymnastica (Euglenophyceae) in the northern coastal Baltic Sea. J. Phycol. 32: 535-542.
Throndsen, J. 1969. Flagellates of Norwegian coastal waters. Nytt Mag. Bot. 16: 161-216.
Throndsen, J. 1993. The planktonic marine flagellates. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Marine Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and coccolithophorids. Academic Press, San Diego, p. 7-145.

Biovolumes

Species Eutreptiella gymnastica
Author Throndsen 1969
Division EUGLENOPHYTA
Class Euglenophyceae
Order EUGLENALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape rotational ellipsoid
Formula p/6*d^2*l
Size class 1 2
Unit cell cell
Size range 5-15x40-60 8x25
Length(l1), µm 50.0 25.0
Diameter(d1), µm 10.0 8.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 2 617 837
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 349.7 120

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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