Preperidinium meunieri (Pavillard) Elbrächter, 1993

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Preperidinium meunieri

A-D = A living cell at different views, arrow=plate 1a, arrowhead=narrow apical plate, C = Antapical plate. (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Preperidinium meunieri
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A-D = A living cell at different views, arrow=plate 1a, arrowhead=narrow apical plate, C = Antapical plate. (DIC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
First apical plate (1') narrow and one very small square intercalary plate on left side. Hypotheca with one antapical plate
Other remarks
Theca with or without pores (Hansen & Larsen 1992)
Distribution: Worldwide
Life form
Solitary
Size
Diameter = 28-60 µm
Resting spore
+
Literature
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Hansen, G. & Larsen, J. 1992. Dinoflagellater i danske farvande. In: Thomsen, H. A. (ed.) Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Copenhagen, p. 45-155.
Steidinger K. A. & Tangen, K. 1996. Dinoflagellates. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 387-584.

Biovolumes

Species Preperidinium meunieri
Author (Pavillard) Elbrächter 1993
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order PERIDINIALES
Trophy HT
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1 2
Unit cell cell
Size range 48x28 55x38
Length(l1), µm 48.0 55.0
Diameter(d1), µm 28.0 38.0
Diameter(d2), µm 18.8 25.5
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 13 195 27 847
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 1 598 3 222

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

  • 2014-09-26 15:17:12 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Preperidinium meunieri_2.jpg
  • 2014-09-26 15:14:06 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Preperidinium meunieri_2.jpg