Pseudoscourfieldia marina (Throndsen) Manton, 1975

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Pseudoscourfieldia marina

A = Cells; B = Part of a flagellum with scales (SEM)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Pseudoscourfieldia marina
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = Cells; B = Part of a flagellum with scales (SEM)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Flattened cell with two flagella of different length
Other remarks

Distribution: Widely
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 3-5 µm
Culture collections
SCCAP
The Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa at the University of Copenhagen
More info at http://www.sccap.dk.
Strains: K-0017
Literature
Moestrup, Ø. & Throndsen, J. 1988. Light and electron microscopial studies on Pseudoscourfeldia marina, a primitive scaly green flagellate (Prasinophyceae) with posterior flagella. Can. J. Bot. 66: 1415-1434.
Throndsen, J. 1993. The planktonic marine flagellates. In: (Tomas eds.) Marine Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and coccolithophorids. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 7-145.

Biovolumes

Species Pseudoscourfieldia marina
Author (Throndsen) Manton 1975
Division CHLOROPHYTA
Class Prasinophyceae (Micromonadophyceae)
Order CHLORODENDRALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1
Unit cell
Size range 3-4
Length(l1), µm 3.4
Diameter(d1), µm 2.6
Diameter(d2), µm 1.3
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 6
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 1.2

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

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