Protoperidinium pentagonum (Gran) Balech, 1974

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Protoperidinium pentagonum

Photographer/artist Regina Hansen

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Title
Protoperidinium pentagonum
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

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Biovolumes

Species Protoperidinium pentagonum
Author (Gran) 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 80x60
Height(h), µm 80.0
Diameter(d1), µm 60.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 52 752
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 5 870

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 09:24:50 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Protoperidinium pentagonum_1.jpg
  • 2014-07-14 09:24:00 Regina Hansen - Added media: Protoperidinium pentagonum_1.jpg