Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) J. Schiller
Prorocentrum minimum
SYNONYM: Prorocentrum cordatum
Photographer/artist Janina Kownacka
Additional image information
- Title
- Prorocentrum minimum
- Photographer/artist
- Janina Kownacka
- Copyright holder
- Janina Kownacka
- Institute
- National Marine Fisheries Research Institute
- Contributing organisation
- HELCOM-PEG
- Contributor
- Janina Kownacka
- Caption
- SYNONYM: Prorocentrum cordatum
- Sampling date
- November 2008
- Geographic area
- Baltic Sea - The Gulf of Gdansk
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Preservation
- Lugols iodine
- Contrast enhancement
- DIC/Nomarski
- Image galleries
- HELCOM-PEG
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238440
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 51819
More info at http://algaebase.org - REBECCA code: R2663
More info at http://www.freshwaterecology.info
- Dyntaxa ID: 238440
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Shape and surface markings
- Other remarks
- Toxic, it can bloom
Distribution: Worldwide - Harmfulness, IOC
- This species is included in the IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 14-22 µm, width 10-15 µm
- Culture collections
-
SCCAP
The Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa at the University of Copenhagen
More info at http://www.sccap.dk.
Strains: K-1568, K-1569, K-0336, K-1138, K-0355 - 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.
Larsen, J. & Moestrup, Ø. 1989. Guide to toxic and potentially toxic marine algae. The Fish Inspection Service, Ministry of Fisheries, Copenhagen. 61 pp.
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 | Prorocentrum minimum |
|---|---|
| Author | (Pavillard) Schiller 1933 |
| Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
| Class | Dinophyceae |
| Order | PROROCENTRALES |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/12*d^2*h*0.9 |
| Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | cell | cell |
| Size range | 16-18x14-16 | 18-20x16-17 | 20-22x17-19 |
| Height(h), µm | 17.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 15.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 901 | 1 218 | 1 602 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 128 | 171 | 221 |
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
- 2021-10-04 15:02:59 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Prorocentrum minimum_7.jpg
- 2015-04-09 05:57:12 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Prorocentrum minimum_9.jpg
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- 2014-09-26 15:23:16 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Prorocentrum minimum_8.jpg
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