Heterocapsa minima Pomroy, 1989
Heterocapsa cf. minima
A = A living cell (BF); B&C = Cells (SEM), arrowheads=scales.
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Heterocapsa cf. minima
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, dept. of Marine botany
- Contributing organisation
- University of Gothenburg
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A = A living cell (BF); B&C = Cells (SEM), arrowheads=scales.
- Geographic area
- Skagerrak - Swedish coast
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Preservation
- Glutardialdehyde
- Contrast enhancement
- Not described
- Stain
- Sputter coated
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238165
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 44134
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238165
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 9-12 µm
- Literature
- Hansen, G. 1995. Analysis of the thecal plate pattern in the dinoflagellate Heterocapsa rotundata (Lohmann) comb. nov. (= Katodinium rotundatum (Lohmann) Loeblich). Phycologia., 34: 166-170.
Biovolumes
Species | Heterocapsa minima |
---|---|
Author | Pomroy 1989 |
Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
Class | Dinophyceae |
Order | PERIDINIALES |
Trophy | AU |
Geometric shape | |
Formula | p/12*d^2*h |
Size class | 1 | 2 |
---|---|---|
Unit | cell | cell |
Size range | 7-9 | 9-11 |
Height(h), µm | 8.0 | 10.0 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 7.0 | 8.0 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 103 | 167 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 17 | 26 |
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
- 2011-10-04 06:57:07 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Heterocapsa minima_1.gif
- 2011-10-03 21:19:42 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Heterocapsa minima_1.gif
- 2011-10-03 21:18:33 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Heterocapsa minima_1.gif
- 2011-10-03 21:15:40 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Heterocapsa minima_1.gif