Prorocentrum lima (Ehrenberg) Dodge, 1975

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Prorocentrum lima

Alive cell (BF)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Prorocentrum lima
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Alive cell (BF)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Structure of theca and with 50-80 marginal pores
Other remarks
A benthic species occasionally found in plankton. Toxic (Murakami et al. 1982)
Distribution: Widely
Harmfulness, IOC
This species is included in the IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.
Life form
Solitary
Size
length 31-47 µm, width 22-40 µm
Literature
Faust, M. A. 1991. Morphology of ciguatera-causing Prorocentrum lima (Pyrrophyta) from widely differing sites. Journal of Phycology. 27: 642-648.
Murakami, Y., Oshima, Y. & Yasumoto T. 1982. Identification of okadaic acid as a toxic component of a marine dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi. 48: 69-72.
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.
Zhou, J. & Fritz, L. 1993. Ultrastructure of two toxic marine dinoflagellates, Prorocentrum lima and Prorocentrum maculosum. Phycologia. 32: 444-450.

Biovolumes

Species Prorocentrum lima
Author (Ehrenberg) Dodge 1975
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order PROROCENTRALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1
Unit cell
Size range 50x60
Length(l1), µm 60.0
Diameter(d1), µm 50.0
Diameter(d2), µm 28.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 43 960
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 4 946

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

  • 2012-10-05 14:05:57 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Prorocentrum lima_3.jpg
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  • 2012-08-29 14:31:30 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Prorocentrum lima_4.JPG
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  • 2012-08-29 14:30:55 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Prorocentrum lima_3.JPG
  • 2012-08-29 14:30:27 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Prorocentrum lima_3.JPG
  • 2011-09-25 17:55:48 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Prorocentrum lima_2.gif
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