Class
|
Taxonomic group
|
Size (µm)
|
Strain
|
Examples
|
---|
Alexandrium tamarense
|
Dinoflagellate
|
20–80
|
CCMP1771
|
201
|
Ceratium fusus
|
Dinoflagellate
|
50–350
|
Environmental
|
56
|
Ceratium lineatum
|
Dinoflagellate
|
80–230
|
Environmental
|
44
|
Ceratium longpipes
|
Dinoflagellate
|
200–340
|
CCMP1770
|
378
|
Ceratium sp.
|
Dinoflagellate
|
140–230
|
Environmental
|
64
|
Chaetoceros socialis
|
Diatom
|
40–360
|
CCMP3263
|
102
|
Chaetoceros straight
|
Diatom
|
30–120
|
CCMP215
|
325
|
Chaetoceros sp.
|
Diatom
|
30–430
|
CCMP1690
|
114
|
Crustacean
|
Animal
|
180–640
|
Environmental
|
13
|
Dictyocha speculum
|
Silicoflagellate
|
30–105
|
CCMP1381
|
185
|
Melosira octagona
|
Diatom
|
80–460
|
CCMP483
|
173
|
Noise
|
Artefact
|
–
|
–
|
150
|
Parvicorbicula socialis
|
Choanoflagellate
|
25–85
|
Environmental
|
36
|
Prorocentrum micans
|
Dinoflagellate
|
30–120
|
CCMP688
|
1074
|
Pseudo-nitchzia arctica
|
Diatom
|
35–150
|
CCMP1309
|
33
|
Rhizosoenia setigera
|
Diatom
|
200–530
|
CCMP1330
|
306
|
Rods
|
Morphological
|
60–280
|
–
|
396
|
Skeletonema costatum
|
Diatom
|
60–130
|
CCMP2092
|
157
|
Tintinnid
|
Ciliate
|
90–310
|
Environmental
|
20
|
- Cell sizes are taken from apical cell length measurements, using 25 examples for each class