Pyramimonas disomata McFadden, Hill & Wetherbee, 1986

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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

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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
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
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.

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