Protoperidinium punctulatum (Paulsen) Balech, 1974

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Morphology
The shape of the cell and the ornamention of theca
Other remarks

Distribution: Atlantic, Skagerrak, Kattegat
Life form
Solitary
Size
length 40-72 µm, width 60-72 µm
Resting spore
+
Literature
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
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.
Paulsen, O. 1907. The Peridinales of the Danish waters. Medd. Komm. for Havundersög. Ser. Plankton 1(5): 1-26

Biovolumes

Species Protoperidinium punctulatum
Author (Paulsen) Balech 1974
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order PERIDINIALES
Trophy HT
Geometric shape (cone + half sphere)-25%
Formula p/12*d^2*(h+d/2)*0,75
Size class 1
Unit cell
Size range 55x65
Height(h), µm 55.0
Diameter(d1), µm 65.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 72 551
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 7 918

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),
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