Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973
Gonyaulax verior
A = A living cell; B = Thecas in ventral and dorsal views; C = Cyst (courtesy of Anna Godhe). (DIC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Gonyaulax verior
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A = A living cell; B = Thecas in ventral and dorsal views; C = Cyst (courtesy of Anna Godhe). (DIC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238219
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52328
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238219
- Tropic type
- A
- Other remarks
- Brackish water species according to Steidinger & Tangen (1996)
Distribution: Worldwide - Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 40-56 µm, width 24-35 µm
- Resting spore
- +
- Literature
- 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.
Zonneveld, K. A. F. & Dale, B. 1994. The cyst-motile stage relationships of Protoperidinium monospinum (Paulsen) Zonneveld et Dale comb. nov. and Gonyaulax verior (Dinophyta, Dinophyceae) from the Oslo Fjord (Norway). Phycologia. 33: 359-368.
Biovolumes
Species | Gonyaulax verior |
---|---|
Author | Sournia 1973 |
Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
Class | Dinophyceae |
Order | GONYAULACALES |
Trophy | AU |
Geometric shape | |
Formula | p/12*d^2*(h+d/2)*0,75 |
Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unit | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell |
Size range | 24x40 | 50x64 | 60-64x70-72 | 40x35 | 45x40 |
Height(h), µm | 40.0 | 64.0 | 71.0 | 40.0 | 45.0 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 24.0 | 50.0 | 62.0 | 35.0 | 40.0 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 5 878 | 43 666 | 76 947 | 13 823 | 20 410 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 748 | 4 915 | 8 367 | 1 669 | 2 407 |
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
- 2012-10-05 12:54:07 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Gonyaulax verior_3.jpg
- 2012-10-05 12:53:22 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Gonyaulax verior_3.jpg
- 2011-09-25 16:13:11 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Gonyaulax verior_2.gif
- 2011-09-25 16:12:17 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Gonyaulax verior_2.gif