Scrippsiella trochoidea (Stein) Loeblich III, 1976

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Scrippsiella trochoidea

A = Vegetative cells; B = Cysts. (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Apical process and collar, round hypotheca. 1'-plate is very narrow, sulcal plate pattern. Calcareous cyst.
Other remarks
The thecate cell resemble several other species of Scrippsiella (Lewis 1991)
Distribution: Worldwide
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 23-37 µm, width 19-30 µm, Cyst size length 25-48 µm, width 25-44 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-1111, K-1110
Literature
Dodge, J. D. 1982. Marine Dinoflagellates of the British Isles. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London. 303 pp.
Lewis, J. 1991. Cyst-theca relationships in Scrippsiella ( Dinophyceae) and related orthoperidinoid genera. Botanica Marina., 34: 91-106.
Steidinger, K. A. & Tangen, K. 1996. Dinoflagellates. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 387-584.
Wall, D. & Dale, B. 1968a. Quaternary calcareous dinoflagellates (Calciodinellideae) and their natural affinities. J. Paleont. 42: 1395-1408.

Biovolumes

Species Scrippsiella trochoidea
Author (Stein) Loeblich III 1976
Division DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA)
Class Dinophyceae
Order PERIDINIALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cone + half sphere
Formula p/12*d^2*(h+d/2)
Size class 1 2 3
Unit cell cell cell
Size range 15x17 25x25 28x30
Height(h), µm 17.4 25.0 30.0
Diameter(d1), µm 14.5 25.0 28.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 1 356 6 133 9 026
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 189 778 1 119

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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  • 2012-08-29 14:47:41 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Scrippsiella trochoidea_6.JPG
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  • 2012-08-29 14:46:26 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Scrippsiella trochoidea_3.JPG
  • 2012-08-29 14:46:06 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Scrippsiella trochoidea_3.JPG
  • 2011-09-26 18:36:43 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Scrippsiella trochoidea_2.gif
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