Thalassiosira minima Gaarder, 1951
Thalassiosira cf. minima
Photographer/artist Ann-Turi Skjevik
Additional image information
- Title
- Thalassiosira cf. minima
- Photographer/artist
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Copyright holder
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Institute
- SMHI
- Contributor
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Sampling date
- 2009-02-17
- Geographic area
- Kattegat - off shore
- Location
- Anholt E
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- Lugols iodine
- Contrast enhancement
- DIC/Nomarski
- Stain
- No stain
- Image galleries
- Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237276
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 33064
More info at http://algaebase.org
- 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
- 2012-10-05 14:54:47 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Thalassiosira minima_3.jpg
- 2012-10-05 14:54:35 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Thalassiosira minima_2.jpg
- 2012-10-05 14:53:35 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Thalassiosira minima_2.jpg