Protoceratium reticulatum (Claparède & Lachmann) Bütschli, 1885
Protoceratium reticulatum
Photographer/artist Ann-Turi Skjevik
Additional image information
- Title
- Protoceratium reticulatum
- Photographer/artist
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Copyright holder
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Institute
- SMHI
- Contributor
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Sampling date
- 2010-05
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- No preservation
- Contrast enhancement
- DIC/Nomarski
- Stain
- No stain
- Image galleries
- Skagerrak-Kattegat
Synonym names
- Gonyaulax grindleyi
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238220
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52624
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238220
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Shape and reticulation, pore
- Other remarks
- Toxic (?), see Steidinger & Tangen (1996) for a taxonomical discussion.
Distribution: Widely - Harmfulness, IOC
- This species is included in the IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 28-43 µm, width 25-35 µm
- Resting spore
- +
- Literature
- Dodge, J. D. 1989. Some revisions of the family Gonyaulacaceae (Dinophyceae) Based on a scanning electron microscope study. Botanica Marina. 32: 275-298.
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.
Hansen, G., Moestrup, Ø. & Roberts, K. R. 1996/97. Light and electron microscopical observations on Protoceratium reticulatum (Dinophyceae). Arch. Prostistenkd.147: 381-391.
Reinecke, P. 1967. Gonyaulax grindleyi sp. nov.: A dinoflagellate causing a red tide at Elands Bay, Cape Province, in December 1966. J. S. Afr. Bot. 33: 157-160:
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 | Protoceratium reticulatum |
---|---|
Author | (Claparède & Lachmann) Bütschli 1885 |
Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
Class | Dinophyceae |
Order | GONYAULACALES |
Trophy | AU |
Geometric shape | |
Formula | p/6*d^3*0.9 |
Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Unit | cell | cell | cell | cell |
Size range | 23 | 30 | 34-35 | 35-45 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 23.0 | 30.0 | 34.5 | 40.0 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 5 731 | 12 717 | 19 341 | 30 144 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 730 | 1 543 | 2 288 | 3 471 |
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
- 2012-09-10 14:19:42 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Protoceratium reticulatum_5.jpg
- 2012-09-10 14:19:33 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Protoceratium reticulatum_5.jpg
- 2012-09-10 14:18:40 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Protoceratium reticulatum_4.jpg
- 2012-09-10 14:17:57 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Protoceratium reticulatum_4.jpg
- 2012-09-04 12:09:33 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Protoceratium reticulatum_1.JPG
- 2012-09-04 12:05:14 Malin Mohlin - Updated media metadata for Protoceratium reticulatum_1.JPG
- 2012-09-03 16:24:34 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Protoceratium reticulatum_3.JPG
- 2012-09-03 16:24:20 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Protoceratium reticulatum_3.JPG
- 2012-09-03 16:23:48 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Deleted media: Protoceratium reticulatum_3.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:34:27 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Protoceratium reticulatum_3.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:33:58 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Protoceratium reticulatum_3.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:33:44 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Protoceratium reticulatum_1.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:33:20 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Protoceratium reticulatum_1.JPG
- 2011-10-05 12:26:23 Bengt Karlson - Deleted media: Protoceratium reticulatum_1.jpg
- 2011-10-04 06:59:38 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Protoceratium reticulatum_2.gif
- 2011-10-03 20:55:44 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Protoceratium reticulatum_2.gif
- 2011-10-03 20:52:56 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Protoceratium reticulatum_2.gif
- 2011-09-15 11:45:15 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Protoceratium reticulatum_1.jpg
- 2011-09-15 11:31:54 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Protoceratium reticulatum_1.jpg