Thalassiosira anguste-lineata (A. Schmidt) G. Fryxell & Hasle, 1977

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Thalassiosira anguste-lineata

Photographer/artist Ann-Turi Skjevik

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Title
Thalassiosira anguste-lineata
Photographer/artist
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Copyright holder
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Institute
SMHI
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Morphology
Arrangement of central processes
Other remarks

Distribution: Worldwide
Life form
Cells united in chains
Size
Diameter 14-78 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.
Fryxell, G. & Hasle, G. R. 1977. The genus Thalassiosira: Some species with a modified ring of central strutted processes. Beih. zur Nova Hedwigia. 54: 67-89.
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 Thalassiosira anguste-lineata
Author (A. Schmidt) G. Fryxell & Hasle 1977
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 5 6
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 35-40 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65
Height(h), µm 14.3 16.2 18.1 20.0 21.9 23.8
Diameter(d1), µm 37.5 42.5 47.5 52.5 57.5 62.5
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 15 731 22 899 31 969 43 165 56 710 72 827
Comment 6; HD fac.=0.38 6; HD fac.=0.38 6; HD fac.=0.38 6; HD fac.=0.38 6; HD fac.=0.38 6; HD fac.=0.38
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 729 989 1 296 1 654 2 064 2 528

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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