Phaeocystis pouchetii (Hariot) Lagerheim, 1893
Phaeocystis cf. pouchetii
Trichocyst-like* material (PC) *See Chrétiennot-Dinet, M-J. & Giraud-Guille, M-M. 1997. The chitinous nature of filaments ejected by Phaeocystis (Prymnesiophyceae). J. Phycol. 33: 666-672
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Phaeocystis cf. pouchetii
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Copyright stamp
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- Dept. of Marine botany, University of Gothenburg
- Contributing organisation
- University of Gothenburg
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- Trichocyst-like* material (PC) *See Chrétiennot-Dinet, M-J. & Giraud-Guille, M-M. 1997. The chitinous nature of filaments ejected by Phaeocystis (Prymnesiophyceae). J. Phycol. 33: 666-672
- Geographic area
- Skagerrak - Swedish coast
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- Not described
- Contrast enhancement
- Phase contrast
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237017
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52921
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 237017
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Size and morphology of motile cell and colony
- Harmfulness, IOC
- This species is included in the IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.
- Life form
- Solitary flagellate and colony
- Size
- motile cell c. 5 µm long, colony up to 1.5-2 mm
- Literature
- Inouye, I & Ishimaru, T. 1990. Haptophyceae. In “Red tide organisms in Japan-An illustrated taxonomic guide”. (Y. Fukuyo, H. Takano, M. Chihara & K. Matsuoka eds) . Uchida Rokakuho, Tokyo, p. 362-369.
Medlin, L. K., Lange, M. & Baumann, M. E. M. 1994. Genetic differentiation among three colony-forming species of Phaeocystis: further evidence for the phylogeny of the Prymnesiophyta. Phycologia. 33: 199-212.
Moestrup, Ø. & Larsen, J. 1992. Potentially toxic phytoplankton. 1. Haptophyceae (Prymnesiophyceae). In: Lindley, J. A. (ed.) ICES Identification leaflets for plankton. International Council for the exploration of the sea, Copenhagen, p. 1-11.
Biovolumes
Species | Phaeocystis pouchetii |
---|---|
Author | (Hariot) Lagerheim 1893 |
Division | HAPTOPHYTA |
Class | Prymnesiophyceae (Haptophyceae) |
Order | PRYMNESIALES |
Trophy | AU |
Geometric shape | |
Formula | p/6*d^3 |
Size class | 1 | 2 |
---|---|---|
Unit | cell | cell |
Size range | 4-6 | 7-9 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 5.0 | 8.0 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 65 | 268 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 11 | 41 |
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
- 2020-02-25 11:50:47 Marita Helgesen - Updated media metadata for Phaeocystis pouchetii_7.jpg
- 2020-02-25 11:50:12 Marita Helgesen - Added media: Phaeocystis pouchetii_7.jpg
- 2014-03-30 13:01:48 Wenche Eikrem - Updated media metadata for Phaeocystis pouchetii_6.jpg
- 2014-03-30 13:00:35 Wenche Eikrem - Added media: Phaeocystis pouchetii_6.jpg
- 2012-08-29 14:23:00 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Phaeocystis pouchetii_5.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:22:44 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Phaeocystis pouchetii_5.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:22:32 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Phaeocystis pouchetii_4.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:21:55 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Phaeocystis pouchetii_4.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:21:45 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Phaeocystis pouchetii_4.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:21:27 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Phaeocystis pouchetii_3.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:20:54 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Phaeocystis pouchetii_3.JPG
- 2011-09-26 19:14:48 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Phaeocystis pouchetii_1.gif
- 2011-09-26 19:14:02 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Phaeocystis pouchetii_2.gif
- 2011-09-26 19:13:02 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Phaeocystis pouchetii_2.gif