Thalassiosira minima Gaarder, 1951
Thalassiosira minima
Chains (BF) and valves (SEM)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Thalassiosira minima
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- Chains (BF) and valves (SEM)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237276
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 33064
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- Dyntaxa ID: 237276
- Morphology
- Usually with two central processes and one labiate process close to one marginal process
- Other remarks
Distribution: Widely- Life form
- Cells united in chains
- Size
- Diameter = 5-15 µm
- Literature
- Hasle, G. R. 1980. Examination of Thalassiosira type material: T. minima and T. delicatula (Bacillariophyceae). Norw. J. Bot. 27: 167-173.
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 minima |
|---|---|
| Author | Gaarder |
| Division | CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA) |
| Class | Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) |
| Order | EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES) |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/4*d^2*h |
| Size class | 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit | cell |
| Size range | 5-15 |
| Height(h), µm | 5.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 10.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 393 |
| Comment | HD fac.= 0.5 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 37 |
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
Change History
- 2012-10-05 14:54:54 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Thalassiosira minima_3.jpg
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- 2012-10-05 14:54:35 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Thalassiosira minima_2.jpg
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