Protoperidinium thorianum (Paulsen) Balech, 1973

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protoperidinium thorianum

Photographer/artist Regina Hansen

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Title
protoperidinium thorianum
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
Formaldehyde
Contrast enhancement
Phase contrast
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

IDs in other systems
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