Gonyaulax digitale (Pouchet) Kofoid, 1911

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Gonyaulax digitale

SEM

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Gonyaulax digitale
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Copyright stamp
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
Dept. of Marine botany, University of Gothenburg
Contributing organisation
University of Gothenburg
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
SEM
Geographic area
Skagerrak - Swedish coast
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
Preservation
Not described
Contrast enhancement
Not described
Stain
Sputter coated
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
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.

Biovolumes

Species Gonyaulax digitale
Author (Pouchet) Kofoid 1911
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order GONYAULACALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cone + half sphere
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
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