Pseudoscourfieldia Manton

Description

Subordinate taxa

Illustration Taxon name
Pseudoscourfieldia marina

Biovolumes

Species Pseudoscourfieldia
Division CHLOROPHYTA
Class Prasinophyceae (Micromonadophyceae)
Order CHLORODENDRALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1 2
Unit cell cell
Size range 3-4 4-6
Length(l1), µm 3.4 5.0
Diameter(d1), µm 2.6 4.0
Diameter(d2), µm 1.3 2.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 6 21
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 1.2 4

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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