Protoperidinium leonis (Pavillard) Balech, 1974

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Protoperidinium leonis

Empty cysts, dorsal view (courtesy of Anna Godhe) (BF).

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Protoperidinium leonis
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Copyright stamp
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
Dept. of Marine botany, University of Gothenburg
Contributing organisation
University of Gothenburg
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Empty cysts, dorsal view (courtesy of Anna Godhe) (BF).
Geographic area
Skagerrak - Swedish coast
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Not described
Stain
Not described
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat, Dinoflagellate cysts

Description

IDs in other systems
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 2 cones-30%
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