Phytoplankton Species in Hong Kong Coastal Waters

176 Odontella mobiliensis 活動齒狀藻 Phylum: Heterokontophyta 门:不等鞭毛門 Class: Mediophyceae 纲:中型硅藻綱 Order: Eupodiscales 目:角盤藻目 Family: Odontellaceae 科:齒狀藻科 Morphology Valves are flat and elliptical in shape, while the broad girdle views are roughly hexagonal. The heights (pervalvar axis) are usually equal with or less than widths (apical axis). Both ends of apical axis have a long elevation (horn), which extends diagonally in the broad girdle view. Two long spines (labiate processes with long external tubes) locating on the inner side of the elevations with distance are parallel to the direction of the elevations. Cells are solitary or form short chains via elevations. There are many small granular chloroplasts in the cells. 形態 殼面平,呈橢圓形,寬殼環面觀大致呈六角形。細胞寬(頂軸)40到60微米,高 (貫殼軸)一般大致等於或者小於寬(縱軸)。殼面縱軸兩端各生一較長的角,在 寬殼環面觀呈對角線方向伸出。殼面具兩個長刺(管狀結構的唇形突),位於角的 內側較遠處,方向與角平行。細胞單獨生活或形成短鏈。色素體較多,呈小顆粒狀。 Ecology and distribution Odontella mobiliensis is a neritic planktonic species with broad temperature range. Cells could also attach on the rocks or wood in intertidal zone. Odontella mobiliensis is a bloom forming species and formed one bloom in Hong Kong coastal waters in 1989. 生態與分佈

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