Protoperidinium conicoides (Paulsen) Balech, 1973
Protoperidinium conicoides
A = Ventral part with excavated sulcus (=arrow); B = Dorsal view; C = Cyst (courtesy of Anna Godhe). A&B (DIC), C (BF)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Protoperidinium conicoides
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A = Ventral part with excavated sulcus (=arrow); B = Dorsal view; C = Cyst (courtesy of Anna Godhe). A&B (DIC), C (BF)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238248
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52636
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238248
- Tropic type
- H
- Morphology
- 1'-plate is ortho and 2a-plate is hexa, sulcus is excavated (=arrow), surface is reticulate with spines
- Other remarks
Distribution: Worldwide- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 45-71 µm, width 45-60 µm
- Resting spore
- +
- 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. 1905. On some Peridineae and plankton-diatoms. Medd. komm. for Havundersög.: Ser.: Plankton1(3): 1-7.
Wall, D. & Dale, B.1968b. Modern dinoflagellate cysts and evolution of the Peridiniales. Micropaleontology.14: 265-304.
Biovolumes
| Species | Protoperidinium conicoides |
|---|---|
| Author | (Paulsen) Balech 1973 |
| Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
| Class | Dinophyceae |
| Order | PERIDINIALES |
| Trophy | HT |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/12*d^2*(h+d/2) |
| Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | cell | cell |
| Size range | 44-48 | 48-52 | 52-57 |
| Height(h), µm | 46.0 | 50.0 | 55.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 46.0 | 50.0 | 55.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 38 204 | 49 063 | 65 302 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 4 336 | 5 484 | 7 173 |
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
