Gonyaulax scrippsae Kofoid, 1911

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Gonyaulax scrippsae

Motile cell (Lugol, DIC) and cyst (BF, courtesy of Anna Godhe)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Gonyaulax scrippsae
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Motile cell (Lugol, DIC) and cyst (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
Morphology
Longitudinal striation and vertical bars across the girdle, without antapical spines. Cyst.
Other remarks
Species-complex ?
Distribution: Worldwide
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 20-57 µm, width 27-40 µm
Resting spore
+
Literature
Bolch, C. J. & Hallegraeff, G. M. 1990. Dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments from Tasmania, Australia. Botanica Marina. 33: 173-192.
Dodge, J. D. 1989. Some revisions of the family Gonyaulacaceae (Dinophyceae) based on a scanning electron microscope study. Botanica Marina. 32: 275-298.
Reid, P. C. 1974. Gonyaulacacean dinoflagellate cysts from the British Isles. Nova Hedwigia. 25: 579-637.
Schiller, J. 1937. Dinoflagellatae (Peridineae) in monographischer Behandlung. Teil 2. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora.10, III: 589 pp.
Wall, D. & Dale, B.1968b. Modern dinoflagellate cysts and evolution of the Peridiniales. Micropaleontology.14: 265-304.

Biovolumes

Species Gonyaulax scrippsae
Author 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
Unit cell
Size range 30
Height(h), µm 30.0
Diameter(d1), µm 30.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 10 598
Comment 6
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 1 301

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 14:13:35 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Gonyaulax scrippsae_1.gif