Oolithotus fragilis

From Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist

Oolithotus fragilis (Lohmann) Martini & C.Müller, 1972

= Coccolithophora fragilis Lohmann, 1912; Coccolithus fragilis (Lohmann, 1912) Schiller, 1930; Cyclococcolithus fragilis (Lohm.) Defl. (mentioned for the Black Sea)

Classification

Chromista (Kingdom) > Haptophyta (Phylum) > Prymnesiophyceae (Class) > Coccolithales (Order) > Calcidiscaceae (Family) > Oolithotus (Genus)

WoRMS: 235962

Occurrence

	References
Black Sea	Morozova-Vodyanitskaya N.V., 1954; Mikaelyan A.S. et al., 2008; Bryantseva Yu., 2000; Ivanov A.I., 1965; Georgieva L.V., 1979 (Bosphorus area); Sukhanova I. N., Belyaeva T. V., 1980
Bulgaria
Geogria
Romania	Petranu A., 1997; Boicenco L. Updated list from Bodeanu N., 1987-88; Skolka V.H., Roban A., 1989; Bologa A. S., Skolka H. V., Frangopol P. T., 1984; Bodeanu N., 1987-1988
Russia
Turkey	Skolka V.H., Bodeanu N., 1963
Ukraine	Polikarpov I.G. et al., 2003; Zaitsev Y.P. & B.G. Alexandrov, 1998; Senicheva M.I., 2008 (Sevastopol Bay, Sevastopol coastal zone, Laspi Bay, Karadag); Nesterova D.A., Terenko L.M., Terenko G.V., 2006 (NW); Nesterova D.A., Terenko L.M., 2009

Cell volume

	Minimum	Average	Maximum	Database
1	2145	8930,2	17162	Cell volumes of phytoplankton of the Black Sea A.S.Mikaelyan, L.G.Senichkina, L.A.Pautova, L.V.Georgieva, V.Dyakonov
2	65.5	1550.8	3053.6	Bryantseva Yu., 2000. Changes in structural characteristic of phytoplankton in the Black Sea
3				Dereziuk, N., 2008. List of Phytoplankton Species Observed in the Water Area near the Zmiinyi Island in 2004-2007
4				Bryantseva Yu., 2010. Sevastopol Bay phytoplankton monitoring database 2008 -2009
5				Сеничкина Л.Г., 1983. Фитопланктон северо-западной части Черного моря в зимний период 1979.
6				Нестерова Д. А., 2003. Фитопланктон западной части Черного моря в летний период 1987.

* (volumes are in cubic microns), values extracted from database

Volume and surface area calculation

	Shape
Simple shape
K(flattening factor)
More accurate shape	-

Hillebrand et al., 1999 - sphere (Hillebrand, H., Dürselen, C. D., Kirschtel, D., Pollingher, D. and Zohary, T. (1999) Biovolume calculation for pelagic and benthic microalgae. J. Phycol., 35, 403–424)

Appearance in checklists

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58	63	67	68	72	73	74	75	77	78	84	85	86	87	88	89	92	93	94	99	100	101	102	103	105	108	109	110	116	117	118	119	120	123	125
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1 - as Coccolithophora fragilis; 4 - as Coccolithus fragilis; 8 - as Coccolithophora fragilis; 23 - as Coccolithophora fragilis; 38 - as Cyclococcolithus fragilis; 49 - as Coccolithus fragilis; 74 - as Coccolithus fragilis; 85 - as Coccolithus fragilis; 86 - as Coccolithus fragilis; 94 - as Coccolithus fragilis;

References

Bodeanu N., 1987-1988. Structure et dynamique d'algoflore unicellulaire dans les eaux du littoral roumain de la mer Noire. Recherches marines(20/21): 19 - 250.^*
* - as Coccolithus fragilis

Boicenco L. Updated list from Bodeanu N., 1987-1988. Structure et dynamique de l'algoflore unicellulaire dans les eaux du littoral Roumain de la Mer Noire. Research Marines(20/21): 19-250.

Bologa A. S., Skolka H. V., Frangopol P. T., 1984 Annual cycle of planktonic primary productivity off the Romanian Black Sea coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol. 19: 25–32.^*
* - as Coccolithus fragilis

Bryantseva_Yu.,_2000. Variability of the Black Sea phytoplankton structural characteristics. PhD thesis, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, NASU.^*
* - as Coccolithus fragilis

Georgieva L.V., 1979. Phytoplankton of straits and nearest waters of Mediterranean basin (Фитопланктон проливов и прилежащих вод Средиземноморского бассейна). PhD thesis, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, NASU, Sevastopol, Ukraine.^*
* - as Cyclococcolithus fragilis

Ivanov_A.I.,_1965. Characteristics of the qualitative composition of Black Sea phytoplankton. In: The study of plankton of the Black and Azov seas, Naukova dumka, Kiev: 17-35.^*
* - as Coccolithophora fragilis

Mikaelyan_A.S._et_al.,_2008. Cell volumes of phytoplankton of the Black Sea. Database.^*
* - as Coccolithus fragilis

Morozova-Vodyanitskaya_N.V.,_1954. Phytoplankton of the Black Sea: Part 2. Tr. Sevast. Biol. Stantsii, Vol. 8: 11-99.^*
* - as Coccolithophora fragilis

Nesterova D.A., Terenko L.M., 2009. Karkinit Bay phytoplankton in September of 2008. Ecological safety of coastal and shelf zones and comprehensive use of shelf resources: Collected scientific papers(20): 293 - 300.

Nesterova D.A., Terenko L.M., Terenko G.V., 2006. In: North-Western part of the Black Sea: biology and ecology, Naukova dumka, Kiev: 557-576.

Petranu_A.,_1997. Black Sea Biological Diversity, Romania. Black Sea Environmental Series, Vol. 4, United Nations Publication, New York, 315 pp.^*
* - as Coccolithus fragilis

Polikarpov_I.G._et_al.,_2003. Microplankton biological diversity in the Black Sea coastal zone near Sevastopol (2001-2003). In Eremeev V.N., Gaevskaya A.V. (ed.): Modern condition of biological diversity in near-shore zone of Crimea (the Black sea sector), Ekosi-Gidrophizika, Sevastopol, Ch. 1: 16-42.

Senicheva M.I., 2008. Species diversity, seasonal and annual variability of plankton microalgae near Crimea coast. In: The Black Sea microalgae: problems of biodiversity preservation and biotechnological usage, publisher, address, Ch. I: 5-18.

Skolka V.H., Bodeanu N., 1963. Research of the Bosphorus part of the Black Sea. Revue de biologie, Vol. 8(1): 89–104.^*
* - as Coccolithus fragilis

Skolka V.H., Roban A., 1989. La repartition et la dynamique du phytoplancton sur la plateforme continentale roumaine au cours des annees 1980-1981. In: Recherches marines, publisher, Constanta: 147-171.^*
* - as Coccolithus fragilis

Sukhanova I. N., Belyaeva T. V., 1980. Species composition, distribution and diurnal changes in phytoplankton of the Black Sea in October of 1978. In: Pelagical ecosystems of the Black Sea, Nauka, M.: 65 - 91.^*
* - as Coccolithus fragilis

Zaitsev_Y._P._&_B._G._Alexandrov,_1998. Black Sea Biological Diversity, Ukraine. Black Sea Environmental Series, Vol. 7, United Nations Publication, New York, 351 pp.^*
* - as Coccolithophora fragilis

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Last revision on 20-05-2013