Gymnodinium agile

From Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist

Gymnodinium agile Kofoid et Swezy

Classification

Chromista (Kingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinophyceae (Class) > Gymnodiniales (Order) > Gymnodiniaceae (Family) > Gymnodinium (Genus)

WoRMS: 232554

Properties

Environment: marine

Occurrence

	References
Black Sea	Kiselev I.A., 1950; Gomez F. & Boicenko L., 2004; Mikaelyan A.S. et al., 2008; Bryantseva Yu., 2000; Ivanov A.I., 1965
Bulgaria	Konsulov A., 1998
Geogria
Romania	Petranu A., 1997; Bodeanu N., 1987-1988
Russia	O.Yasakova, 2010 (Novorossiysk, Tuapse, Anapa, Gelendzhik)
Turkey	Skolka V.H., Bodeanu N., 1963
Ukraine	Zaitsev Y.P. & B.G. Alexandrov, 1998; Krahmalniy A.; Morozova-Vodyanitskaya N.V., 1948 (Sevastopol); Dereziuk, N., 2008; Nesterova D.A., Terenko L.M., Terenko G.V., 2006 (NW); Nesterova D.A., Terenko L.M., 2009; Krakhmalny A. F., 2011a

Morphometry

Ref	Region	Length (µm)	Width (µm)	Thickness (µm)	Flattering factor
Kiselev I.A., 1950		28	26	10

Cell volume

	Minimum	Average	Maximum	Database
1	150	235	320	Cell volumes of phytoplankton of the Black Sea A.S.Mikaelyan, L.G.Senichkina, L.A.Pautova, L.V.Georgieva, V.Dyakonov
2	301.6	608.0	942.5	Bryantseva Yu., 2000. Changes in structural characteristic of phytoplankton in the Black Sea
3	381.5		5026.6	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	ellipsoid
K(flattening factor)	0.78
More accurate shape	-

Hillebrand et al., 1999 - ellipsoid (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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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.

Bryantseva_Yu.,_2000. Variability of the Black Sea phytoplankton structural characteristics. PhD thesis, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, NASU.

Dereziuk_N.,_2008. List of Phytoplankton Species Observed in the Water Area near the Zmiinyi Island in 2004-2007. In: Zmiinyi Island. Ecosystem of Coastal Waters: monograph, Astroprint, Odesa, Ch. XII: 208-218.

Gomez_F.,_Boicenko_L.,2004. An annotated checklist of dinoflagellates in the Black Sea. Hidrobiologia, Vol. 517: 43-59.

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.

Kiselev_I.A.,_1950. Thecate Flagellates (Dinoflagellata) of the Seas and Freshwater Reservoirs of the USSR., USSR Acad. Sci. Publ. House, Moscow-Leningrad, 280 pp.

Konsulov A., 1998. Black Sea Biological Diversity, Bulgaria. Black Sea Environmental Series, Vol. 5, United Nations Publication, New York, 131 pp.

Krakhmalny A. F., 2011a. Dinophyta of Ukraine (illustrated book for identification). Kiev:Alterpres, 444 pp.

Krakhmalny A.F., Panina Z.A., Krakhmalny M.A., 2006. In P.M.Tsarenko and S.P.Wasser and E.Nevo (ed.): Dinophyta. Algae of Ukraine: Diversity, Nomenclature, Taxonomy, Ecology and Geography, Ruggell. A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.G., Liechtenstein, Vol. 1: 470-532.

Mikaelyan_A.S._et_al.,_2008. Cell volumes of phytoplankton of the Black Sea. Database.

Morozova-Vodyanitskaya_N.V.,_1948. Phytoplankton of the Black Sea: Part 1. Tr. Sevast. Biol. Stantsii, Vol. 6: 39–72.

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.

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

O.Yasakova,_2010. Phytoplankton of the northern-eastern part of Black Sea 1995 - 2009. Personal list.

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.

	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)
	Identification book

Last revision on 20-05-2013