Protoperidinium leonis (Pavillard) Balech, 1974
Protoperidinium leonis
A&B = Cell in ventral and apical views; C&D = Ventral views with 1'-plate; E&F = Dorsal views (arrowhead=2a plate) (DIC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Protoperidinium leonis
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A&B = Cell in ventral and apical views; C&D = Ventral views with 1'-plate; E&F = Dorsal views (arrowhead=2a plate) (DIC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238265
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52652
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238265
- Tropic type
- H
- Morphology
- Shape of cell, 1'-plate and 2a-plate
- Other remarks
- There are two types of cysts reported (Inoue 1990)
Distribution: Widely - Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 50-95 µm
- Resting spore
- +
- Literature
- Balech, E. 1976b. Sur quelques Protoperidinium (Dinoflagellata). Vie et Milieu. 26: 27-46.
Inoue, H. 1990. Dinoflagellates. In “Red tide organisms in Japan-An illustrated taxonomic guide”. (Y. Fukuyo, H. Takano, M. Chihara & K. Matsuoka eds) Uchida Rokakuho, Tokyo. pp. 150-151
Pavillard, M. J. 1916c. Recherches sur les péridiniens du Golfe du Lion. Travail de l'Institut de Botanique de l'Université de Montpellier, Série mixte-Mémoire. 4: 9-70.
Wall, D. & Dale, B. 1968b. Modern dinoflagellate cysts and evolution of the Peridiniales. Micropaleontology. 14: 265-304.
Biovolumes
| Species | Protoperidinium leonis |
|---|---|
| Author | (Pavillard) Balech 1974 |
| Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
| Class | Dinophyceae |
| Order | PERIDINIALES |
| Trophy | HT |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/12*d^2*l*0.7 |
| Size class | 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit | cell |
| Size range | 60 |
| Height(h), µm | 60.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 60.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 39 564 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 4 480 |
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
- 2011-09-26 18:04:12 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Protoperidinium leonis_2.gif
- 2011-09-26 18:03:07 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Protoperidinium leonis_2.gif
