Katodinium glaucum (Lebour) Loeblich III

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Katodinium glaucum

A = Cell at different magnification; B = Cell in Lugol; C = Cell at different focus. arrow=striation. (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Katodinium glaucum
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = Cell at different magnification; B = Cell in Lugol; C = Cell at different focus. arrow=striation. (DIC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Morphology
A very short hypocone and with longitudinal striae
Other remarks

Distribution: Worldwide
Life form
Solitary
Size
length 36-62 µm
Literature
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Drebes, G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. 186 pp.
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.

Biovolumes

Species Katodinium glaucum
Author (Lebour) Loeblich III 1965
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order GYMNODINIALES
Trophy HT
Geometric shape half cone + cut flattened ellipsoid
Formula (p/24 *d1^2 * h*0.3) + (p/6 * d1* d2 * h*0.7)
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 22x16 33-36x14-15 25-30x20-22 50x20 31-33x23-25 34-36x26-30
Length(l1), µm 22.0 34.5 27.0 50.0 32.0 35.0
Diameter(d1), µm 16.0 14.5 21.0 20.0 24.0 28.0
Diameter(d2), µm 8.0 7.3 10.5 10.0 12.0 14.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 1 253 1 613 2 648 4 448 4 100 6 103
Comment HD fac.=0.5 HD fac.=0.5 HD fac.=0.5 HD fac.=0.5 HD fac.=0.5 HD fac.=0.5
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 175 222 354 576 533 775

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

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  • 2015-04-09 05:38:39 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Katodinium glaucum_4.jpg
  • 2015-04-09 05:37:59 Susanne Busch - Added media: Katodinium glaucum_4.jpg
  • 2015-04-08 06:48:55 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Updated media metadata for Katodinium glaucum_3.jpg
  • 2015-04-08 06:46:32 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Added media: Katodinium glaucum_3.jpg
  • 2012-10-05 12:55:13 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Katodinium glaucum_2.jpg
  • 2012-10-05 12:54:41 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Katodinium glaucum_2.jpg