Protoperidinium pallidum (Ostenfeld) Balech, 1973
Protoperidinium pallidum
A&B = Living cells at different focal planes and magnifications; C = 1'-plate. (DIC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Protoperidinium pallidum
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A&B = Living cells at different focal planes and magnifications; C = 1'-plate. (DIC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238273
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52666
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238273
- Tropic type
- H
- Morphology
- Dorsoventrally compressed. 1'-plate is para, 2a is hexa. Size
- Other remarks
- Luminescent
Distribution: Worldwide - Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 70-100 µm, width 65-85 µm
- Literature
- 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 pallidum |
|---|---|
| Author | (Ostenfeld) Balech 1973 |
| Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
| Class | Dinophyceae |
| Order | PERIDINIALES |
| Trophy | HT |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/12*d^2*(h+d/2)*0,8 |
| Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | cell | cell |
| Size range | 52-57 | 57-62 | 67-72 |
| Height(h), µm | 70.0 | 80.0 | 90.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 55.0 | 60.0 | 70.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 61 740 | 82 896 | 128 217 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 6 805 | 8 973 | 13 515 |
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 09:26:30 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Protoperidinium pallidum_3.png
- 2014-07-14 09:25:31 Regina Hansen - Added media: Protoperidinium pallidum_3.png
- 2011-09-26 18:10:26 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Protoperidinium pallidum_2.gif
- 2011-09-26 18:09:24 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Protoperidinium pallidum_2.gif
