Stellarima stellaris (Roper) Hasle & Sims, 1986

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Stellarima stellaris

A = Single cell at different focal planes (BF); B = Central part of valve (DIC). arrowheads=central labiate processes

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Stellarima stellaris
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = Single cell at different focal planes (BF); B = Central part of valve (DIC). arrowheads=central labiate processes
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Central labiate processes and with many small areolae per sector
Life form
Solitary
Size
Diameter = 40-115 µm
Literature
Cupp, E. E. 1943. Marine Plankton Diatoms of the West Coast of North America. Bulletin of the Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. of the University of California. 5: 1-237.
Hasle, G. & Sims, P. A. 1986b. The diatom genera Stellarima and Symbolophora with comments on the genus Actinoptychus. British Phycological Journal., 21: 97-114.
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.

Biovolumes

Species Stellarima stellaris
Author (Roper) Hasle & Sims
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cylinder
Formula p/4*d^2*h
Size class 1 2 3 4
Unit cell cell cell cell
Size range 40-50x20-30 65-75x30-40 70-80x35-45 110-130x55-65
Height(h), µm 25.0 35.0 40.0 60.0
Diameter(d1), µm 45.0 70.0 75.0 120.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 39 741 134 628 176 625 678 240
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 1 547 4 160 5 185 15 440

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