Pyramimonas disomata McFadden, Hill & Wetherbee, 1986

Pyramimonas disomata
A&B = Living cells (arrow=red granules); B = Cells in Lugol. A(BF), B(DIC) ; C = Cell in SEM (Box and crown scales are visible)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Pyramimonas disomata
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A&B = Living cells (arrow=red granules); B = Cells in Lugol. A(BF), B(DIC) ; C = Cell in SEM (Box and crown scales are visible)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Synonym names
- Pyramimonas disomata
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238962
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 133816
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238962
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Cell with two stigmata and often with a posterior extension with red granules. The outer most part of cell has a layer with characteristic crown scales (star-like)
- Other remarks
Distribution: North Pacific, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, North Atlantic, Skagerrak, Kattegat- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 6-12 µm, Width 4-5 µm
- Culture collections
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SCCAP
The Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa at the University of Copenhagen
More info at http://www.sccap.dk.
Strains: K-0285 - Literature
- McFadden, G. I., Hill, D. R. A. & Wetherbee, R. 1986. A study of the genus Pyramimonas (Prasinophyceae) from south-eastern Australia. Nord. J. Bot. 6: 209-234.
Moestrup, Ø. 1992. Prasinophyceae og andre grønne flagellater (in danish). In: Thomsen, H. A. (ed.) Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Copenhagen, p. 267-310.