Protoperidinium brevipes (Paulsen) Balech, 1974

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Protoperidinium brevipes

A = Living cells at different focal planes; B = Squashed cell with thecal plates and ornamention. (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Protoperidinium brevipes
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = Living cells at different focal planes; B = Squashed cell with thecal plates and ornamention. (DIC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Morphology
1' is meta and 2a is quadra, triangle in crossection. Surface with short spines or papillae
Other remarks

Distribution: Worldwide in cold water
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 18-38 µm, width 28-34 µm
Literature
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.
Paulsen, O. 1908. XVIII Peridiniales. In: Nordisches Plankton, (eds K. Brandt & C. Apstein). Verlag Linsius und Tischer, Kiel und Leipzig, pp. 1-124
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 Protoperidinium brevipes
Author (Paulsen) Balech 1974
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order PERIDINIALES
Trophy HT
Geometric shape cone + half sphere
Formula p/12*d^2*(h+d/2)
Size class 1 2 3 4
Unit cell cell cell cell
Size range 18-22 23-29 30-35 36-40
Height(h), µm 20.0 26.0 34.0 37.0
Diameter(d1), µm 20.0 26.0 31.0 37.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 3 140 6 899 12 447 19 881
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 415 869 1 513 2 348

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

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