Gonyaulax verior Sournia, 1973

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Gonyaulax verior

A = A living cell; B = Thecas in ventral and dorsal views; C = Cyst (courtesy of Anna Godhe). (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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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
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 (cone + half sphere)-25%
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