Gonyaulax digitale (Pouchet) Kofoid, 1911
Gonyaulax digitale
A = Cell in Lugol; B = Detail of theca; C = Squashed cell; D = Cyst. A-C (DIC), D (BF) courtesy of Anna Godhe
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Gonyaulax digitale
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A = Cell in Lugol; B = Detail of theca; C = Squashed cell; D = Cyst. A-C (DIC), D (BF) courtesy of Anna Godhe
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat, Dinoflagellate cysts
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238214
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa
- Dyntaxa ID: 238214
- Tropic type
- A
- Other remarks
Distribution: Worldwide(?)- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 50-75 µm, width 35-50 µm
- Resting spore
- +
- Literature
- Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Dodge, J. D. 1989. Some revisions of the family Gonyaulacaceae (Dinophyceae) Based on a scanning electron microscope study. Botanica Marina. 32: 275-298.
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.
Wall, D. and Dale, B.1968b. Modern dinoflagellate cysts and evolution of the Peridiniales. Micropaleontology.14: 265-304.
External links
Biovolumes
Species | Gonyaulax digitale |
---|---|
Author | (Pouchet) Kofoid 1911 |
Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
Class | Dinophyceae |
Order | GONYAULACALES |
Trophy | AU |
Geometric shape | |
Formula | p/12*d^2*(h+d/2) |
Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 |
---|---|---|---|
Unit | cell | cell | cell |
Size range | 26x44 | 36x56 | 43-46x54-60 |
Height(h), µm | 44.0 | 56.0 | 57.0 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 26.0 | 36.0 | 44.5 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 10 083 | 25 095 | 41 065 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 1 241 | 2 922 | 4 640 |
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
- 2011-09-26 14:13:07 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Gonyaulax digitale_1.gif
- 2011-09-25 16:08:41 Bengt Karlson - Deleted media: Gonyaulax digitale_3.gif
- 2011-09-25 16:07:57 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Gonyaulax digitale_3.gif
- 2011-09-25 16:07:07 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Gonyaulax digitale_3.gif
- 2011-09-25 16:05:15 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Gonyaulax digitale_2.gif
- 2011-09-25 16:03:48 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Gonyaulax digitale_2.gif