Protoperidinium divergens (Ehrenberg) Balech, 1974

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Protoperidinium divergens

Photographer/artist Regina Hansen

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Title
Protoperidinium divergens
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
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
Phase contrast
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Morphology
1'-plate is meta. Theca is strongly reticulated with spines. Size
Other remarks

Distribution: Worldwide ?
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 75-85 µm, width 56-65 µm
Literature
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 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.
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 divergens
Author (Ehrenberg) Balech 1974
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order PERIDINIALES
Trophy HT
Geometric shape (cone + half sphere)-20%
Formula p/12*d^2*(h+d/2)*0,8
Size class 1 2 3
Unit cell cell cell
Size range 80x60 85x65 83x70
Height(h), µm 80.0 85.0 83.0
Diameter(d1), µm 60.0 65.0 70.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 82 896 103 921 121 037
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 8 973 11 095 12 803

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 09:27:55 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Protoperidinium divergens_3.png
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  • 2011-09-26 18:01:50 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Protoperidinium divergens_2.gif
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