Paralia sulcata (Ehrenberg) P.T. Cleve, 1873

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Paralia sulcata

Chains at different focal planes. A&B = Living cells. A&B=(BF), C=(DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

Additional image information

Title
Paralia sulcata
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Chains at different focal planes. A&B = Living cells. A&B=(BF), C=(DIC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Other remarks
With two different valves, bottom form which can be common in coastal plankton
Distribution: Worldwide
Life form
Cells united in chains
Size
Diameter = 8-130 µm, pervalvar axis 3-45 µm
Literature
Crawford, R. M. 1979. Taxonomy and frustular structure of the marine centric diatom Paralia sulcata. Journal of Phycology. 15: 200-210.
Drebes, G. 1974. Marines Phytoplankton, Eine Auswahl der Helgoländer Planktonalgen (Diatomeen, Peridineen). Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. 186 pp.
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.

Biovolumes

Species Paralia sulcata
Author (Ehrenberg) P.T. Cleve 1873
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cylinder
Formula p/4*d^2*h
Size class 1
Unit cell
Size range 10x20
Height(h), µm 10.0
Diameter(d1), µm 20.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 3 140
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 197

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

  • 2012-09-24 14:25:36 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Paralia sulcata_3.jpg
  • 2012-09-24 14:25:25 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Paralia sulcata_3.jpg
  • 2011-09-25 06:40:40 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Paralia sulcata_2.gif
  • 2011-09-25 06:39:42 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Paralia sulcata_2.gif