Torodinium robustum Kofoid & Swezy, 1921
Torodinium robustum
A = A living cell; B = A cell in Lugol (A&B=DIC); C = Cell in epifluorescence microscope
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Torodinium robustum
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- A = A living cell; B = A cell in Lugol (A&B=DIC); C = Cell in epifluorescence microscope
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238407
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 52712
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 238407
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Epicone very long, cell body 3 times as long as broad, many brown chlroplasts
- Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- Length 36-75 µm, width 21-25 µm
- Literature
- Hansen, G. & Larsen, J. 1992. Dinoflagellater i danske farvande. In: Thomsen, H. A. (ed.) Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Copenhagen, p. 45-155.
Kofoid, C. A. & Swezy, O. 1921. The free-living unarmored Dinoflagellata. Mem.Univ.California., 5: pp 562.
Biovolumes
Species | Torodinium robustum |
---|---|
Author | Kofoid & Swezy 1921 |
Division | DINOPHYTA (PYRROPHYTA) |
Class | Dinophyceae |
Order | GYMNODINIALES |
Trophy | AU |
Geometric shape | |
Formula | p/6*l*d1*d2 |
Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unit | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell | cell |
Size range | 22x42 | 30x15 | 35x15 | 15x40 | 20x50 | 55x20 | 65x20 |
Length(l1), µm | 42.0 | 30.0 | 35.0 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 55.0 | 65.0 |
Diameter(d1), µm | 22.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
Diameter(d2), µm | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Calculated volume, µm3 | 4 836 | 2 355 | 2 748 | 3 140 | 5 233 | 5 757 | 6 803 |
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 623 | 317 | 366 | 415 | 670 | 733 | 858 |
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
- 2021-10-01 15:06:43 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Torodinium robustum_2.jpg
- 2021-10-01 15:06:07 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Torodinium robustum_2.jpg