Gyrodinium estuariale Hulburt, 1957
Gyrodinium estuariale
A = A swimming cell; B = A living cell with two chloroplasts; C = A cell in Lugol. All (DIC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Gyrodinium estuariale
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A = A swimming cell; B = A living cell with two chloroplasts; C = A cell in Lugol. All (DIC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238384
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- Dyntaxa ID: 238384
- Morphology
- Right side of hypotheca longer than left. Cingulum displaced about 1X cingulum width. Cell with two to four chloroplasts and sometimes with food particles.
- Other remarks
- It is common in estuaries according to Steidinger & Tangen (1996). G. estuariale was common in Gullmarsfjorden and fiord like systems during the summer.
Distribution: Worldwide - Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- length 11-16 µm, width 9-12 µm
- Literature
- Gardiner, W. E., Rushing, A. E. & Dawes, C. J. 1989. Ultrastructural observations of Gyrodinium estuariale (Dinophyceae) (Note). J. Phycol. 25: 178-183.
Hulburt, E. M. 1957. The taxonomy of unarmored Dinophyceae of shallow embayments on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Biological Bulletin. 112: 196-219.
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.
Throndsen, J. 1969. Flagellates of Norwegian coastal waters. Nytt Mag. Bot. 16: 161-216.