Scrippsiella lachrymosa Lewis, 1991

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Scrippsiella lachrymosa

Cysts. (DIC&SEM)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Scrippsiella lachrymosa
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
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Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat, Dinoflagellate cysts

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Elongate oval cyst with flattened calcareous plates
Other remarks
The thecate cell resemble the thecate cell of S. trochoidea but it is smaller (Lewis 1991)
Distribution: Scotland, North Sea, Gullmarsfjorden
Life form
Solitary
Size
Cyst size length 34-44 µm, width 18-32 µm
Resting spore
+
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-1109
Literature
Lewis, J. 1991. Cyst-theca relationships in Scrippsiella ( Dinophyceae) and related orthoperidinoid genera. Botanica Marina. 34: 91-106.
Nehring, S. 1994. Scripsiella spp. resting cysts from the German Bight (North Sea): a tool for more complete check-lists of dinoflagellates. Neth. J. Sea Res. 33: 57-63.

Change History

  • 2011-09-26 14:17:55 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Scrippsiella lachrymosa_1.gif