Protoperidinium thorianum (Paulsen) Balech, 1973
Protoperidinium thorianum
A &B = A living cell; C = Ventral and dorsal view of theca; D = Wavy thecal surface. (DIC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Protoperidinium thorianum
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A &B = A living cell; C = Ventral and dorsal view of theca; D = Wavy thecal surface. (DIC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238283
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52681
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238283
- Tropic type
- H
- Morphology
- Strong papillate and wavy thecal suface. Cell content yellow
- Other remarks
Distribution: Widely- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 56-85 µm, width 56-85 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. 1905. On some Peridineae and plankton-diatoms. Medd.komm. for Havundersög.: 1(3): 1-7.
Biovolumes
| Species | Protoperidinium thorianum |
|---|---|
| Author | (Paulsen) Balech 1973 |
| Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
| Class | Dinophyceae |
| Order | PERIDINIALES |
| Trophy | HT |
| Geometric shape | rotational ellipsoid-20% |
| Formula | p/6*d^2*l*0.8 |
| Size class | 1 | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | cell |
| Size range | 60x50 | 70x60 |
| Length(l1), µm | 60.0 | 70.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 50.0 | 60.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 62 800 | 105 504 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 6 914 | 11 254 |
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 09:32:42 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Protoperidinium thorianum_2.png
- 2014-07-14 09:31:46 Regina Hansen - Added media: Protoperidinium thorianum_2.png
