Rhodomonas marina (Dang.) Lemmerm.

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Rhodomonas marina

Culture

Photographer/artist Gert Hansen

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Title
Rhodomonas marina
Photographer/artist
Gert Hansen
Copyright holder
Gert Hansen
Copyright stamp
Gert Hansen
Institute
The Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa at the University of Copenhagen
Contributing organisation
SCCAP, University of Copenhagen
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Culture
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
Not described
Stain
No stain

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Other remarks
According to Novarino (1991) the name Rhodomonas should be avoided. Common in spring in the brackish water layer of Gullmarsfjorden
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 16-30 µm, ventral to dorsal width 10-13 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-0435
Literature
Hill, D. R. A. 1992b. Rhodomonas marina (Dangeard) Lemmermann (Cryptophyceae). Baltic Sea Identification Sheet No. 10. Ann. Bot. Fennici. 169-170.
Hill, D. R. A. & Wetherbee, R. 1989. A reappraisal of the genus Rhodomonas (Cryptophyceae). Phycologia. 28:143-148.
Novarino, G. 1991. Observations on Rhinomonas reticulata comb. nov. and R. reticulata var. eliniana var. nov. (Cryptophyceae), with comments on the genera Pyrenomonas and Rhodomonas. Nord. J. Bot. 11: 243-252.

Biovolumes

Species Rhodomonas marina
Author (Dangeard) Lemmermann 1908
Division CRYPTOPHYTA
Class Cryptophyceae
Order CRYPTOMONADALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cone + half sphere
Formula p/12*d^2*(h+d/2)
Size class 1
Unit cell
Size range 20x6
Height(h), µm 20.0
Diameter(d1), µm 6.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1
Calculated volume, µm3 217
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 34

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

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