Protoperidinium pallidum (Ostenfeld) Balech, 1973

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Protoperidinium pallidum

SEM

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Protoperidinium pallidum
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
SEM
Geographic area
Skagerrak - Swedish coast
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
Preservation
Not described
Stain
Sputter coated
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
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 (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 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