Peridinium inconspicuum Lemmerm.

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Peridinium inconspicuum

Photographer/artist Birger Skjelbred

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Title
Peridinium inconspicuum
Photographer/artist
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright holder
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright stamp
Birger Skjelbred
Institute
NIVA
Contributing organisation
NIVA
Contributor
Birger Skjelbred
Sampling date
14.05.2014
Geographic area
Lake - Norway
Location
Vatnebrynnvatnet
Latitude, degree
59.87581
Longitude, degree
9.5242
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Freshwater

Synonym names

  • Peridinium umbonatum

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Subordinate taxa

Illustration Taxon name
Peridinium inconspicuum f. armatum

Biovolumes

Species Peridinium inconspicuum
Author Lemmermann 1899
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order PERIDINIALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1
Unit cell
Size range 20x30
Length(l1), µm 30.0
Diameter(d1), µm 20.0
Diameter(d2), µm 13.4
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 4 208
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 546

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

  • 2022-01-06 13:15:14 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Peridinium inconspicuum_1.jpg
  • 2022-01-06 13:13:22 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Peridinium inconspicuum_1.jpg