Pseudopedinella pyriformis N. Carter, 1937

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Pseudopedinella pyriformis

Photographer/artist Birger Skjelbred

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Title
Pseudopedinella pyriformis
Photographer/artist
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright holder
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright stamp
Birger Skjelbred
Institute
NIVA
Contributing organisation
NIVA
Contributor
Birger Skjelbred
Sampling date
02.03.2006
Geographic area
Skagerrak - Norwegian coast
Location
Flødevigen, Arendal
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Other remarks
See taxonomic discussion in Zimmermann et al.(1984)
Life form
Solitary
Size
length 5-8 µm, width 3-9 µm
Literature
Carter, N. 1937. New or interesting algae from brackish water. Arch. Protistenk. 90: 1-68.
Zimmermann, B., Moestrup, Ø. & Hällfors, G. 1984. Chrysophyte or heliozoon: Ultrastructural studies on a cultured species of Pseudopedinella (Pedinellales ord. nov.) with comments on species taxonomy. Protistologica. 20: 591-612.

Biovolumes

Species Pseudopedinella pyriformis
Author N. Carter 1937
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Chrysophyceae
Order PEDINELLALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape sphere
Formula p/6*d^3
Size class 1 2
Unit cell cell
Size range 6 8
Diameter(d1), µm 6.0 8.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 113 268
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 18 41

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

  • 2014-08-01 11:06:46 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Pseudopedinella pyriformis_3.jpg
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  • 2012-10-05 13:52:24 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Pseudopedinella pyriformis_2.jpg
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  • 2011-09-28 20:20:36 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Pseudopedinella pyriformis_1.gif
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