Mesodinium rubrum (Lohmann, 1908)

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Mesodinium rubrum

Photographer/artist Ann-Turi Skjevik

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Title
Mesodinium rubrum
Photographer/artist
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Copyright holder
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Institute
SMHI
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Sampling date
2011-09-12
Geographic area
Skagerrak - Swedish coast
Location
Släggö
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Obligate autotroph (?) with many red chloroplasts
Other remarks
Bloom forming
Distribution: Worldwide
Life form
Solitary
Size
length 15-70 µm
Literature
Crawford, D. W., Purdie, D. A., Lockwood, A. P. M. & Weissman, P. 1997. Recurrent red-tides in Southampton water estuary caused by the phototrophic ciliate Mesodinium rubrum. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 45: 799-812.
Lindholm, T. 1985. Mesodinium rubrum - a unique photosynthetic ciliate. Adv. Aqvat. Microbiol., 3: 1-48.
Lohmann, H. 1908. Untersuchungen zur Feststellungen des vollständigen Gehaltes des Meeres an Plankton. Wissensch. Meeresuntersuchungen, Abt. Kiel, NF., 10: 131-370.

Biovolumes

Species Mesodinium rubrum
Author (Lohmann) Hamburger & Buddenbrock 1911
Division Ciliophora
Class Litostomatea
Order HAPTORIDA
Trophy MX
Geometric shape 2 spheres * 5/8
Formula p/6*d^3*2*5/8
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 10-14 14-16 16-20 20-27 27-33 33-37 37-45 45-55 55-65
Diameter(d1), µm 12.5 15.0 17.5 22.5 30.0 35.0 40.0 50.0 60.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 1 278 2 208 3 506 7 451 14 130 22 438 33 493 65 417 113 040
Comment * * * * * * * * *
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 178 298 460 934 1 704 2 630 3 832 7 184 12 007

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

  • 2018-12-07 14:03:41 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Updated media metadata for Mesodinium rubrum_5.jpg
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  • 2018-12-07 13:59:38 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Updated media metadata for Mesodinium rubrum_4.jpg
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  • 2012-10-05 13:22:11 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Mesodinium rubrum_3.jpg
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  • 2012-09-14 11:44:32 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Mesodinium rubrum_2.jpg
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