Supplemental Guide to Planktonic Protozoa

SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDE TOPLANKTONIC PROTOZOANanoplankton and Microplankton size:CiliatesFlagellatesRadiolariansWe thank the following academic web sites for the illustrations in this guide bookletwhich were taken directly from the following sources in 1999.They are used here for non-commercial, educational purpose only:Ciliates and Flagellates taken from:Department of Marine Botany, Goteborg, Swedenhttp://www.marbot.gu.se/SSS/SSShome.htmRadiolarians taken from Scripps Institute, UCSD:http://gdcmp1.ucsd.edu/geol_coll/radlit/nm79titl.htmlpage 1

IndexProtozoa - Ciliata:Acanthostomella norvegica..................................4Favella ehrenbergiiFavella serrataHelicostomella fusiformisLaboea strobilaLeprotintinnus pellucidusMesodinium rubrum .......................................5Metacylis jörgenseniiParafavella denticulataParafavella giganteaPtychocylis urnulaSalpingella acuminataStrobilidium sphaericum......................................6Strobilidium spiralisTiarina fususTintinnopsis campanulaProtozoa - Flagellata:Eutreptiella braarudii.................................................7Eutreptiella gymnasticaDictyocha fibulaDictyocha speculumRhynchomonas nasutaProtozoa - Radiolaria:(pages in parentheses are for Nigrini and Moore, 1979)SUBORDER Spumellaria1. FAMILY CollosphaeridaeCollosphaera tuberosa (page S1).....................................8Disolenia quadrata (p. S3)Disolenia zanguebarica (p. S5)Otosphaera auriculata (p. S7)Otosphaera polymorpha (p. S9)Polysolenia arktios (p. S11)Polysolenia flammabunda (p. S13)Polysolenia lappacea (p. S15)........................................9Polysolenia murrayana (p. S17)Polysolenia spinosa (p. S19)Siphonosphaera polysiphonia (p. S21)2. FAMILY ActinommidaeActinomma antarcticum (p. S25)Actinomma arcadophorum (p. S29)Actinomma medianum (p. S31)...................................10Actinomma leptodermum (p. S35)Anomalacantha dentata (p. S37)Cenosphaera coronata (p. S39)Cenosphaera cristata (p. S41)Cenosphaera spp.(p. S43)Hexacontium enthacantum (p. S45)Hexacontium laevigatum (p. S47)................................11Ommatartus tetrathalamus (p. S49)Ommatartus tetrathalamus coronatus (p. S53)Stylatractus spp. (p. S55)Axoprunum stauraxonium (p. S57)3. FAMILY SponguridaeOmmatogramma dumitricai (p. S61)............................12Spongurus cf. elliptica (p. S63)Spongurus pylomaticus (p. S65)Spongurus (?) sp. (p. S67)Spongocore puella (p. S69)Styptosphaera (?) spumacea (p. S71)4. FAMILY PhacodiscidaeHeliodiscus asteriscus (p. S73).....................................135. FAMILY SpongodiscidaeAmphirhopalum ypsilon (p. S75)Euchitonia elegans (p. S83)........................................14page 2

Euchitonia furcata (p. S85)........................................14Dictyocoryne profunda (p. S87)Dictyocoryne truncatum (p. S89)Hymeniastrum euclidis (p. S91)...................................15Spongaster tetras tetras (p. S93)Spongaster tetras irregularis (p. S95)Stylodictya aculeata (p. S101)Stylodictya validispina (p. S103)Porodiscus sp. A (p. S107)..........................................16Porodiscus (?) sp. B (p. S109)Stylochlamydium asteriscus (p. S113)Spongopyle osculosa (p. S115)Spongotrochus glacialis group (p. S117)Spongotrochus (?) venustum (p. S119)6. FAMILY PyloniidaeHexaplye spp. (p. S121).............................................17Octopyle stenozona (p. S123)Tetrapyle octacantha (p. S125)? Prunopyle antarctica (p. S127)7. FAMILY LitheliidaeLarcopyle butschlii (p. S131).......................................18Larcospira quadrangula (p. S133)Lithelius minor (p. S135)Lithelius nautiloides (p. S137)? Pylospira octopyle (p. S139)? Spirema melonia (p. S141)SUBORDER Nassellaria8. FAMILY PlagoniidaeAntarctissa denticulata (p. N1)Antarctissa strelkovi (p. N5)........................................199. FAMILY Trissocyclidae (= Acanthodesmiidae)Ceratospyris borealis (p. N9)Giraffospyris angulata (p. N11)Liriospyris reticulata (p. N13)......................................20Lophospyris pentagona pentagona (p. N15)Phormospyris stabilis antarctica (p. N17)Phormospyris stabilis scaphipes (p. N19)Tholospyris procera (p. N21)10.FAMILY CarpocaniidaeCarpocanistrum spp. (p. N23).....................................21Carpocanistrum sp. A (p. N25)Carpocanarium papillosum group (p. N27)Index (continued)Pterocanium korotnevi (p. N39)Pterocanium praetextum praetextum (p. N41)..................23Pterocanium praetextum eucolpum (p. N43)Pterocanium trilobum (p. N45)Pterocanium grandiporus (p. N47)Pterocanium sp. (p. N49)Theocalyptra bicornis (p. N53)Theocalyptra davisiana (p. N57)..................................24Eucyrtidium acuminatum (p. N61)Eucyrtidium hexagonatum (p. N63)Lithocampe sp. (p. N65)12.FAMILY PterocoryidaeAnthocyrtidium ophirense (p. N67)Anthocyrtidium zanguebaricum (p. N69)Androcyclas gamphonycha (p. N71)...............................25Lamprocyclas maritalis maritalis (p. N75)Lamprocyclas maritalis polypora (p. N77)Lamprocyclas maritalis ventricosaLamprocyrtis nigriniaePterocorys hertwigiiPterocorys minythorax...............................................26Pterocorys zancleusStichopilium bicorneTheocorythium trachelium tracheliumTheocorythium trachelium dianae13.FAMILY ArtostrobiidaeBotryostrobus aquilonarisBotryostrobus auritus / australisgroup...................................................................27Phormostichoartus corbula14.FAMILY CannobotryidaeBotryocyrtis scutumBibliography......................................................2811. FAMILY TheoperidaePeripyramis circumtexta (p. N29)Plectopyramis dodecomma (p. N31)Dictyophimus crisiae (p. N33).....................................22Dictyophimus hirundo (p. N35)Dictyophimus infabricatus (p. N37)page 3

Phylum Protozoa - Class CiliataAcanthostomella norvegica (Daday, 1887)A living cell and empty loricae.Length 36-50µm, oral diameter 23-25 µm.Favella ehrenbergii (Claparède et Lachmann, 1858)Length 195-466 µm, oral diameter 63-125 µmA = Lorica and cell inLugols iodine stain;B = Denticulate oral rimFavella serrata (Möbius, 1887)Length 180-348 µm, oral diameter 87-145 µm .Helicostomella fusiformis (Meunier, 1919)Length 124-180 µm, oral diameter 20-29 µm .Laboea strobila Lohmann 1908Length 60-130 µm, width 20-65 µm .Leprotintinnus pellucidus (Cleve, 1899)Length 134-240 µm, oral diameter 27-47 µm .page 4

Mesodinium rubrum (Lohmann, 1908)Length 15-70 µmObligate autotroph (?) with many red chloroplastsMetacylis jörgensenii (Cleve, 1902)Length 50-61 µm, oral diameter 44-50 µmParafavella denticulata (Ehrenberg, 1840)Length 120-327 µm, oral diameter 38-62 µmParafavella gigantea (Brandt, 1896)Length 200-750 µm, oral diameter 47-87 µmPtychocylis urnula (Claparède et Lachmann, 1858)Length 113-190 µm, oral diameter 66-100 µmSalpingella and Ceratium furcaSalpingella acuminata (Claparède et Lachmann, 1858)Length 200-370 µm, oral diameter 29-47 µmpage 5

Strobilidium sphaericum Lynn et Montagnes 1988Length 40-70 µm, width 40-60 µmStrobilidium spiralis (Leegaard, 1915)A = Lateral view; B = Oral viewLength 40-60 µm, width 40-52 µmTiarina fusus (Claparède et Lachmann, 1857)Length 85-135 µmTintinnopsis campanula (Ehrenberg, 1840)Length 109-200 µm, oral diameter 63-150 µmpage 6

Phylum Protozoa - Class FlagellataEutreptiella gymnastica Throndsen 1969Length 17-38 µmEutreptiella braarudii Throndsen 1969Length 64-115 µmRhynchomonas nasuta (Stokes) Klebs 1892Length 3-11µm, width 2-5 µm.Dictyocha fibula Ehrenberg 1839Size: 10-45 µm (including spines)Dictyocha speculum Ehrenberg 1839Size: 19-34 µm (including spines)page 7

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BibliographyNigrini, Catherine and T. C. Moore, Jr., A GUIDE TO MODERN RADIOLARIA. SPECIAL PUBLI-CATION NO. 16, Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research. March 1979. Also on the web athttp://gdcmp1.ucsd.edu/geol_coll/radlit/nm79titl.html, and file://rads-www.oce.orst.edu/pub/pisias/mosrads/radhompg.html.Tomas, Carmelo R. (Ed.) Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 858 p.page 28