Protoperidinium crassipes (Kofoid) Balech, 1974

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Harmfulness, IOC
This species is included in the IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.

Biovolumes

Species Protoperidinium crassipes
Author (Kofoid) Balech 1974
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order PERIDINIALES
Trophy HT
Geometric shape 2 cones-30%
Formula p/12*d^2*l*0.7
Size class 1 2
Unit cell cell
Size range 70x95 70-80x55-65
Height(h), µm 95.0 60.0
Diameter(d1), µm 70.0 75.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 85 264 61 819
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 9 214 6 813

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),
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