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Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
ZOOMASTIGOPHORA
NAME: Caliacantha
sp. Leadbeater 1978
TAXONOMY Division ZOOMASTIGOPHORA
Class CHOANOFLAGELLIDEA
(ICBN: CRASPEDOPHYCEAE)
Order CHOANOFLAGELLIDA
HARMFUL: not known to be toxic
OCCURRENCE: whole year, mainly
spring and summer
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 6 x 3 µm, lorica 13 µ long
ENVIRONMENT: T =4.5÷6.7°C (open sea) and
11÷15°C (gulf); S =7 PSU (open sea) and 6 PSU (gulf);
P-PO4 = 0.33÷0.38 µmol*dm-3; N-NO3 =0.11÷0.15 µmol*dm-3;
Si-SiO4 = 13÷15 µmol*dm-3
SAMPLING DATE: April 2008
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME: Ebria
tripartita
(Schumann) Lemmermann, 1899
TAXONOMY Division ZOOMASTIGOPHORA
Class EBRIIDEA
Order EBRIIDA (ICBN: EBRIALES)
HARMFUL: not known to be toxic
OCCURRENCE: spring, summer,
seldom in autumn and winter
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 23-29 x 16 µm
ENVIRONMENT: T=13÷14°C;
S=6÷7 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: June 2005
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
ENVIRONMENT: T=7,6°C
SAMPLING DATE: May 2008
PRESERVATION: life sample
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
CILIOPHORA
NAME:
cf. Halteria sp. (?)
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class POLYHYMENOPHORA
Subclass SPIROTRICHA
Order OLIGOTRICHIDA
OCCURRENCE: most of the year
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 16-31µm long
ENVIRONMENT: T=18,8÷19,5°C;
S=7,1÷7,3 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2006
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME:
cf. Lohmanniella oviformis (?)
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class POLYHYMENOPHORA
Subclass SPIROTRICHA
Order OLIGOTRICHIDA
OCCURRENCE: most of the year
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 16-31µm long
ENVIRONMENT: T=18,8÷19,5°C;
S=7,1÷7,3 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2006
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy; the same
specimen at different focus
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME:
cf. Askenasia sp.
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class KINETOFRAGMINOPHORA
Subclass GYMNOSTOMATA
Order HAPTORIDA
OCCURRENCE: most of the year,
mainly spring
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 25-38 (60) µm long
ENVIRONMENT: T=18,8÷19,5°C;
S=7,1÷7,3 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2006
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy;
the same specimen
at different focus
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME:
Didinium sp.
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class KINETOFRAGMINOPHORA
Subclass GYMNOSTOMATA
Order HAPTORIDA
OCCURRENCE: summer
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 33-180 µm long
ENVIRONMENT: T=17,2÷18,4°C;
S=7,2÷7,5 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2007
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy; the same
specimen at different focus
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME:
Urotricha sp.
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class KINETOFRAGMINOPHORA
Subclass GYMNOSTOMATA
Order PROSTOMATIDA
OCCURRENCE: summer
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 33-180 µm long
ENVIRONMENT: T=17,2÷18,4°C; S=7,2÷7,5 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2007
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy;
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME:
Mesodinium rubrum
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class LITOSTOMATEA
Order HAPTORIDA
OCCURRENCE: late spring,
summer, autumn
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 10-50 µm
ENVIRONMENT: T=13÷14°C;
S=6÷7 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: June 2005
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
Lohmann 1908 (= Myrionecta
rubra Jankowski 1976)
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
ENVIRONMENT: T=9÷10°C; S=6,5 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: May 2007
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME:
Mesodinium sp.
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class LITOSTOMATEA
Order HAPTORIDA
OCCURRENCE: summer, autumn
LIFE FORM: solitary, heterotrophic
CELL SIZE: 16 x 19 µm
ENVIRONMENT: T=17,2÷18,4°C; S=7,2÷7,5 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2007
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME: Rimostrombidium sp.
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class POLYHYMENOPHORA
Subclass SPIROTRICHA
Order OLIGOTRICHIDA
OCCURRENCE:
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 23 x 27 µm
ENVIRONMENT: T=18,8÷19,5°C;
S=7,1÷7,3 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2006
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy; the same
specimen at different focus
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME:
Strombidium sp.
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class POLYHYMENOPHORA
Subclass SPIROTRICHA
Order OLIGOTRICHIDA
OCCURRENCE: most of the year
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 70-100 µm long
ENVIRONMENT: T=17,2÷18,4°C; S=7,2÷7,5 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2007
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME: cf. Strombidium delicatissimum
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class POLYHYMENOPHORA
Subclass SPIROTRICHA
Order OLIGOTRICHIDA
OCCURRENCE: most of the year,
mainly late spring - summer
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 10-24 µm long
ENVIRONMENT: T =4.5÷6.7°C (open sea)
and 11÷15°C (gulf); S =7 PSU (open sea)
and 6 PSU (gulf); P-PO4 = 0.33÷0.38 µmol*dm-3;
N-NO3 =0.11÷0.15 (0.3) µmol*dm-3;
Si-SiO4 = 13÷15 µmol*dm-3
SAMPLING DATE: April 2008
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy;
the same specimen at different focus
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME: cf. Strombilidium spiralis
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class POLYHYMENOPHORA
Subclass SPIROTRICHA
Order OLIGOTRICHIDA
OCCURRENCE: most of the year,
mainly summer
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 35-65 µm long
ENVIRONMENT: T=17,2÷18,4°C;
S=7,2÷7,5 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2007
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy;
the same specimen at different focus
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
ENVIRONMENT: T=18,8÷19,5°C; S=7,1÷7,3 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2006
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy;
the same specimen at different focus
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME: cf. Leegaardiella sp.
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class POLYHYMENOPHORA
Subclass SPIROTRICHA
Order OLIGOTRICHIDA
OCCURRENCE: mainly summer
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 35-65 µm long
ENVIRONMENT: T=17,2÷18,4°C;
S=7,2÷7,5 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2007
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy;
the same specimen at different focus
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME: Vaginicola
sp.
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class OLIGOHYMENOPHORA
Subclass PERITRICHA
Order PERITRICHIDA
OCCURRENCE: summer, autumn
LIFE FORM: solitary, attached in
lorica aborally to any substrate,
more often – Chaetoceros sp.
CELL SIZE: 19-26 x 19 µm,
lorica: 30-50 µm long
ENVIRONMENT: T=18,8÷19,5°C;
S=7,1÷7,3 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2006
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy,
small pictures – the same organism
at different focus
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME: Vorticella
sp.
TAXONOMY Division CILIOPHORA
Class OLIGOHYMENOPHORA
Subclass PERITRICHA
Order PERITRICHIDA
OCCURRENCE: summer,
LIFE FORM: solitary or joint in bunches
even up to 50 specimens; attached with
contractile leg to any substrate,
for example – Nodularia spumigena,
Chaetoceros, Copepods
CELL SIZE: 20-50 µm
ENVIRONMENT: T=13÷14°C;
S=6÷7 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: June 2005
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy,
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
Vorticella sp. in bunches
ENVIRONMENT: T=18,8÷19,5°C;
S=7,1÷7,3 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2006
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy,
the same bunch at different focus
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
INCERTAE SEDIS
NAME: Katablepharis
remigera
(Vors) Clay & Kugrens 1999
OCCURRENCE: whole year (most frequent from march to May)
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 5-15 µm long
ENVIRONMENT: T=13÷14°C;
S=6÷7 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: June 2005
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME:
Flagellata looking like Leucocryptos sp.
OCCURRENCE: summer
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 7,3-20 x 6-10 µm
ENVIRONMENT: T=13÷14°C;
S=6÷7 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: June 2005
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME: Leucocryptos
marina
OCCURRENCE: whole year
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 3,5-10 µm long
ENVIRONMENT: T=13÷14°C;
S=6÷7 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: June 2005
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
(Braarud) Butcher, 1967
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME: Telonema
sp.
OCCURRENCE: whole year
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 13 x 7 µm l
ENVIRONMENT: T =4.5÷6.7°C
(open sea) and 11÷15°C (gulf);
S =7 PSU (open sea) and 6 PSU
(gulf); P-PO4 = 0.33÷0.38 µmol*dm-3;
N-NO3 =0.11÷0.15 µmol*dm-3;
Si-SiO4 = 13÷15 µmol*dm-3
SAMPLING DATE: April 2008
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
SURPRISES
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NAME: Orange sphere
It may be any flagellate (but flagella not always noticeable)
OCCURRENCE: summer
LIFE FORM: solitary, sometimes observed inside bigger heterotrophs and protozoans
CELL SIZE: 6-9 x 5-6 µm
ENVIRONMENT: T=17,8÷19°C; S=7 PSU; N-NH4=22÷28 mg*m-3; N-NO3=40÷60 mg*m-3; P-PO4=25÷26 mg*m-3;
Si-SiO4=275÷283 mg*m-3
SAMPLING DATE: July / August 2007
PRESERVATION: life sample
MICROSCOPY: epifluorescence microscopy (WB) - blue excitation light obtained with a combination of BP490 and EY455 excitation filters,
DM500 dichroic mirror and Y455 and B460 barrier filters; this combination elicited a brilliantly red fluorescence of chlorophyll-a, and a yelloworange fluorescence of phycoerithrin and phycocyanin; light microscopy
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
CELL SIZE: 13 µm
ENVIRONMENT: T=16÷17°C;
S=7,1÷7,3 PSU;
N-NH4=20÷30 mg*m-3;
N-NO3=80÷82 mg*m-3;
P-PO4=24÷30 mg*m-3;
Si-SiO4=265÷300 mg*m-3
SAMPLING DATE: August / September 2007
PRESERVATION: life sample
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
NAME: Little sun
It may be any cyst (for exemplar chrysophycean); sometimes it looks like Trochiscia multispinosa, sometimes it looks like Pterosperma
cristatum
OCCURRENCE: most of the year, mainly summer
LIFE FORM: solitary
CELL SIZE: 6,5-15 µm
ENVIRONMENT: T=18,8÷19,5°C; S=7,1÷7,3 PSU
SAMPLING DATE: August 2006
PRESERVATION: Lugol
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy, (brilliantly red
fluorescence of chlorophyll-a with
epifluorescence microscopy)
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
ENVIRONMENT: T=17,8÷19°C; S=7 PSU; N-NH4=22÷28 mg*m-3; N-NO3=40÷60 mg*m-3; P-PO4=25÷26 mg*m-3;
Si-SiO4=275÷283 mg*m-3
SAMPLING DATE: July / August 2007
PRESERVATION: life sample
MICROSCOPY: light microscopy, (brilliantly red fluorescence of chlorophyll-a with epifluorescence microscopy)
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
Zoomastrigophora Ciliphora Incerte sedis Surprises
Photos: Janina Kownacka
The phytoplankton taxonomic classification: Janina Kownacka and Sławomira Gromisz
The Ciliphora determination consultant: Krzysztof Rychert
Page generating and technical editing: Krzysztof Pawlikowski and Jacek Seń
The editing consultation: friendly colleagues from the Fisheries Oceanography and Marine Ecology Department of SFI
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Last update: 29.10.2008