Protoperidinium claudicans (Paulsen) Balech, 1974

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Protoperidinium claudicans

Photographer/artist Regina Hansen

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Title
Protoperidinium claudicans
Photographer/artist
Regina Hansen
Copyright holder
Regina Hansen
Institute
Leibniz Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde
Contributor
Regina Hansen
Geographic area
Baltic Sea - Mecklenburger Bight
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Formaldehyde
Contrast enhancement
Phase contrast
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H

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Biovolumes

Species Protoperidinium claudicans
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
Unit cell cell cell
Size range 83x55 84x72 85x65
Height(h), µm 83.0 84.0 85.0
Diameter(d1), µm 55.0 72.0 65.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 87 465 162 778 129 901
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 9 437 16 910 13 682

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

  • 2014-07-14 09:17:26 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Protoperidinium claudicans_1.jpg
  • 2014-07-14 09:16:21 Regina Hansen - Added media: Protoperidinium claudicans_1.jpg