Protoperidinium punctulatum (Paulsen) Balech, 1974
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238276
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52670
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- Dyntaxa ID: 238276
- 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 |  |
| 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),
PEG_BVOL.zip
