Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist

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Opisthoaulax vorticella

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Opisthoaulax vorticella (F. Stein) Calado, 2011
= Gymnodinium vorticella F.Stein 1883 (basionym)
= Gymnodinium vorticella F.Stein 1883; Massartia vorticella (F.Stein) J.Schiller 1933; Katodinium vorticellum (F.Stein) A.R.Loeblich III 1965 (mentioned for the Black Sea)
= Gyrodinium vorticella (F.Stein) Er. Lindemann 1924; Katodinium vorticellum (Stein) Fott 1957 (other synonyms)

Classification

Chromista (Kingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinophyceae (Class) > Gymnodiniida (Order) > Tovelliaceae (Family) > Opisthoaulax (Genus)

WoRMS: 109839

Properties

Environment: freshwater

Occurrence

  References
Black Sea Kiselev I.A., 1950; Gomez F. & Boicenko L., 2004 ; Bryantseva Yu., 2000; Ivanov A.I., 1965
Bulgaria Konsulov A., 1998
Geogria
Romania
Russia
Turkey
Ukraine Morozova-Vodyanitskaya N.V., 1948 (Sevastopol); Minkevich R. K., 1899; Zaitsev Y.P. & B.G. Alexandrov, 1998; Krahmalniy A.; Nesterova D.A., Terenko L.M., Terenko G.V., 2006 (NW); Krakhmalny A. F., 2011a

Morphometry

Ref Region Length (µm) Width (µm) Thickness (µm) Flattering factor
Kiselev I.A., 1950 (Massartia vorticella) 23-24 diameter 20-21


Cell volume

Minimum Average Maximum Database
1 Cell volumes of phytoplankton of the Black Sea A.S.Mikaelyan, L.G.Senichkina, L.A.Pautova, L.V.Georgieva, V.Dyakonov
2 2144.7 2144.7 2144.7 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 for Katodinium vorticellum


Volume and surface area calculation

Shape
Simple shape prolate spheroid
K(flattening factor) 1
More accurate shape -

Hillebrand et al., 1999 - cylinder + cone (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)
for Katodinium vorticellum


Appearance in checklists

 1886
 1900
 1950
 2000
 2010


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 33 34 35 36 38 49 54 55 56 57
x 1 x 2 x 6 x 8 x 9 x 14 x 15 x 18 x 27


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
  x 101


1 - as Massartia vorticella2 - as Katodinium vorticellum'; 6 - as Massartia vorticella8 - as Massartia vorticella9 - as Katodinium vorticellum'; 14 - as Katodinium vorticellum'; 15 - as Massartia vorticella18 - as Gymnodinium vorticella27 - as Katodinium vorticellum and Massartia vorticella101 - as Gymnodinium vorticella



List based on literature analysis
List extracted from database
List extracted from published paper, which is based on monitoring(scientific) research of scientist(s) and includes analysis of real collected data
Personal list, based on monitoring(scientific research) of scientist (not published as article)
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Last revision on 20-05-2013

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