Rhizosolenia imbricata Brightwell, 1858
Rhizosolenia imbricata
A-C = A living cell and part of cells; D-E = Dry prepartion of valve and girdle, E=Striation (DIC)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Rhizosolenia imbricata
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A-C = A living cell and part of cells; D-E = Dry prepartion of valve and girdle, E=Striation (DIC)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237468
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 39605
More info at http://algaebase.org - REBECCA code: R2574
More info at http://www.freshwaterecology.info
- Dyntaxa ID: 237468
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Cells with two lateral columns of girdle segments. Striae converging along a line running up middle of copula
- Other remarks
Distribution: Widely- Life form
- Solitary or in pairs
- Size
- Diameter = 2.5-57 µm
- Literature
- Hasle, G. R. & Syvertsen, E. E. 1996. Marine diatoms. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 5-385.
Sundström, B. G. 1986. The marine genus Rhizosolenia. Doctoral Dissertation, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. 117 pp.
Biovolumes
Species | Rhizosolenia imbricata |
---|---|
Author | Brightwell 1858 |
Division | CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA) |
Class | Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) |
Order | EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES) |
Trophy | AU |
Geometric shape | |
Formula | p/4*d^2*h |
Size class | 1 | 2 |
---|---|---|
Unit | cell | cell |
Size range | 10-15x230-260 | 15x250-450 |
Height(h), µm | 245.0 | 350.0 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 12.5 | 15.0 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 30 051 | 61 819 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 1 233 | 2 213 |
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
- 2021-12-21 10:08:29 Maria Karlberg - Updated media metadata for Rhizosolenia imbricata_2.png
- 2021-12-21 10:05:00 Maria Karlberg - Added media: Rhizosolenia imbricata_2.png