Lithodesmium undulatum Ehrenberg, 1839

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Lithodesmium undulatum

Chain and squashed cell (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Lithodesmium undulatum
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Chain and squashed cell (DIC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Marginal ridge with clear pattern of perforation. The sides are undulated
Other remarks

Distribution: Warm water region to temperate
Life form
Cells united in chains
Size
Width = 37-93 µm
Literature
Cupp, E. E. 1943. Marine Plankton Diatoms of the West Coast of North America. Bulletin of the Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. of the University of California. 5: 1-237.
Hasle, G. R. & Syvertsen, E. E. 1996. Marine diatoms. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 5-385.
Hendey, N. I. 1964. An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. Part 5: Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms). HSMO, London. 317 pp.

Biovolumes

Species Lithodesmium undulatum
Author Ehrenberg 1839
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape prism on triangle base
Formula l*w*h/2
Size class 1
Unit cell
Size range 30-50x25-35
Length(l1), µm 40.0
Width(w), µm 40
Height(h), µm 30.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 24 000
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 1 027

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),
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