Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing, 1866
Gonyaulax spinifera
From culture.
Photographer/artist Marita Helgesen
Additional image information
- Title
- Gonyaulax spinifera
- Photographer/artist
- Marita Helgesen
- Copyright holder
- Marita Helgesen
- Institute
- Institute of marine research
- Contributor
- Marita Helgesen
- Caption
- From culture.
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Fluorescence microscopy
- Preservation
- Lugols iodine
- Contrast enhancement
- Not described
- Stain
- Calcofluor-Fluorescent brightener
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238218
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52325
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238218
- Tropic type
- A
- Other remarks
- There are several different types of cysts associated with the motile cell in this species-complex (Wall & Dale 1968b, Dale 1983)
Distribution: Worldwide - Harmfulness, IOC
- This species is included in the IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 24-50 µm, width 30-40 µm
- Resting spore
- +
- Literature
- Dale, B. 1983. Dinoflagellate resting cysts: benthic plankton. - In. Survival strategies of the algae, (ed. G.A. Fryxell). Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge. pp. 69-136.
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, pp. 45-155.
Wall, D. & Dale, B.1968b. Modern dinoflagellate cysts and evolution of the Peridiniales. Micropaleontology.14: 265-304.
Biovolumes
Species | Gonyaulax spinifera |
---|---|
Author | (Claparède & Lachmann) Diesing 1866 |
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 | 30 | 35 | 40 |
Height(h), µm | 35.0 | 35.0 | 40.0 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 30.0 | 35.0 | 40.0 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 11 775 | 16 828 | 25 120 |
Comment | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 1 436 | 2 008 | 2 925 |
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
- 2020-02-17 14:34:17 Marita Helgesen - Updated media metadata for Gonyaulax spinifera_3.jpg
- 2020-02-17 14:33:48 Marita Helgesen - Updated media metadata for Gonyaulax spinifera_3.jpg
- 2020-02-17 14:32:53 Marita Helgesen - Added media: Gonyaulax spinifera_3.jpg
- 2011-09-26 14:14:11 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Gonyaulax spinifera_1.gif
- 2011-09-25 16:10:38 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Gonyaulax spinifera_2.gif
- 2011-09-25 16:09:23 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Gonyaulax spinifera_2.gif