Quadricoccus euryhalinicus Kuylenstierna & Karlson, 1998
Quadricoccus euryhalinicus
Photographer/artist Hanna Mossfeldt
Additional image information
- Title
- Quadricoccus euryhalinicus
- Photographer/artist
- Hanna Mossfeldt
- Copyright holder
- Hanna Mossfeldt
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg
- Contributor
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Sampling date
- 2006-03-15
- Location
- Culture (GUMACC)
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- No preservation
- Contrast enhancement
- Not described
- Stain
- Not described
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238867
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 47144
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238867
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Typically with two or mostly four cells attached to the tubeformed parent cellwall. One chloroplast with a prominent pyrenoid
- Other remarks
Distribution: North Sea, Skagerrak- Life form
- Solitary or in colonies
- Size
- Length 4-11 µm, width 3-10 µm
- Literature
- Kuylenstierna, M. & Karlsson, B. 1998. Quadricoccus euryhalinicus sp. nov. (Botryococcaceae, Chlorophyceae), an euryhaline green alga from the Skagerrak, Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Botanica Marina. 41: 317-320.
Biovolumes
Species | Quadricoccus euryhalinicus |
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Author | Kuylenstierna 1998 |
Division | CHLOROPHYTA |
Class | Chlorophyceae |
Order | CHLOROCOCCALES |
Trophy | AU |
Geometric shape | |
Formula | p/6*d^2*l |
Size class | 1 |
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Unit | cell |
Size range | 3.8-5.0x2.5-3 |
Length(l1), µm | 4.5 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 2.7 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 17 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 3 |
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
- 2012-09-28 09:14:59 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Quadricoccus euryhalinicus_4.jpg
- 2012-09-28 09:14:51 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Quadricoccus euryhalinicus_4.jpg
- 2012-09-28 09:14:26 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Quadricoccus euryhalinicus_2.jpg
- 2012-09-28 09:12:12 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Quadricoccus euryhalinicus_2.jpg
- 2012-09-28 09:11:57 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Deleted media: Quadricoccus euryhalinicus_2.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:42:49 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Quadricoccus euryhalinicus_3.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:42:30 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Quadricoccus euryhalinicus_3.JPG
- 2012-08-29 14:42:12 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Quadricoccus euryhalinicus_2.JPG
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