Protoperidinium conicum (Gran) Balech, 1974

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Protoperidinium conicum

A = Theca; B = Ventral view with 1'-plate; C = Dorsal view with 2a-plate (DIC); D = Cyst (BF) courtesy of Anna Godhe

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Protoperidinium conicum
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = Theca; B = Ventral view with 1'-plate; C = Dorsal view with 2a-plate (DIC); D = Cyst (BF) courtesy of Anna Godhe
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
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Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Morphology
Shape, 1'-plate is ortho and 2a-plate is hexa (difficult to see)
Other remarks

Distribution: Widely
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 70-90 µm, width 60-80 µm
Resting spore
+
Literature
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Gran, H. 1902. Das Plankton des Norwegischen Nordmeeres von biologischen und hydrographischen Gesichtpunkten behandelt. Rep. Norweg. Fish. Invest., 2, pt. 2, No. 5. 222 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.
Wall, D. & Dale, B.1968b. Modern dinoflagellate cysts and evolution of the Peridiniales. Micropaleontology.14: 265-304.

Biovolumes

Species Protoperidinium conicum
Author (Gran) 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 6 3 4 5
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 52-57 57-62 63-71 72-77 77-82 87-92
Height(h), µm 55.0 60.0 67.0 75.0 80.0 90.0
Diameter(d1), µm 55.0 50.0 67.0 75.0 80.0 90.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 65 302 55 604 118 049 165 586 200 960 286 133
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 7 173 6 168 12 506 17 184 20 610 28 719

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

  • 2016-04-28 12:45:57 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Protoperidinium conicum_3.png
  • 2014-07-14 09:29:44 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Protoperidinium conicum_3.png
  • 2014-07-14 09:28:29 Regina Hansen - Added media: Protoperidinium conicum_3.png
  • 2011-09-26 17:56:42 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Protoperidinium conicum_2.gif
  • 2011-09-26 17:55:27 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Protoperidinium conicum_2.gif
  • 2011-09-26 14:16:17 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Protoperidinium conicum_1.gif