Scrippsiella crystallina Lewis, 1991

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Scrippsiella crystallina

Cysts. (DIC&SEM)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Scrippsiella crystallina
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Cysts. (DIC&SEM)
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat, Dinoflagellate cysts

Description

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Morphology
Egg-shaped calcareous cyst with a red body towards apex. The calcareous ornamentation is typical
Other remarks
The thecate cell resemble the thecate cell of S. trochoidea (Lewis 1991)
Distribution: Scotland, Gullmarsfjorden
Life form
Solitary
Size
Cyst size length 50-68 µm, width 36-48 µm
Resting spore
+
Literature
Lewis, J. 1991. Cyst-theca relationships in Scrippsiella ( Dinophyceae) and related orthoperidinoid genera. Botanica Marina. 34: 91-106.

Change History

  • 2011-09-26 14:17:28 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Scrippsiella crystallina_1.gif