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. 2019 Jul 16;8:e44907. doi: 10.7554/eLife.44907
Species Phylum Class L[μm] U[μm/s] References
Alexandrium minutum dflg. dph. 21.7 222.5 (Lewis et al., 2006)
Alexandrium ostenfeldii dflg. dph. 41.1 110.5 (Lewis et al., 2006)
Alexandrium tamarense dflg. dph. 26.7 200 (Lewis et al., 2006)
Amphidinium britannicum dflg. dph. 51.2 68.7 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Amphidinium carterae dflg. dph. 16 81.55 (Gittleson et al., 1974; Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Amphidinium klebsi dflg. dph. 35 73.9 (Gittleson et al., 1974)
Apedinella spinifera ochph. (het.) dict. 8.25 132.5 (Throndsen, 1973)
Bodo designis euglenozoa kinetoplastea 5.5 39 (Visser and Kiørboe, 2006)
Brachiomonas submarina chlph. chlorophyceae 27.5 96 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Cachonina (Heterocapsa) niei dflg. dph. 21.4 302.8 (Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987; Kamykowski and Zentara, 1977)
Cafeteria roenbergensis bygira (heterokont) bicosoecida 2 94.9 (Fenchel and Blackburn, 1999)
Ceratium cornutum dflg. dph. 122.3 177.75 (Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987; Metzner, 1929)
Ceratium furca dflg. dph. 122.5 194 (Peters, 1929)
Ceratium fusus dflg. dph. 307.5 156.25 (Peters, 1929)
Ceratium hirundinella dflg. dph. 397.5 236.1 (Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987)
Ceratium horridum dflg. dph. 225 20.8 (Peters, 1929)
Ceratium lineatus dflg. dph. 82.1 36 (Fenchel, 2001)
Ceratium longipes dflg. dph. 210 166 (Peters, 1929)
Ceratium macroceros dflg. dph. 50 15.4 (Peters, 1929)
Ceratium tripos dflg. dph. 152.3 121.7 (Peters, 1929; Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Chilomonas paramecium cryptophyta crypt. 30 111.25 (Lee, 1954; Jahn and Bovee, 1967; Gittleson et al., 1974)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chlph. chlorophyceae 10 130 (Gittleson et al., 1974; Roberts, 1981; Guasto et al., 2010)
Chlamydomonas moewusii chlph. chlorophyceae 12.5 128 (Gittleson et al., 1974)
Chlamydomonas sp. chlph. chlorophyceae 13 63.2 (Lowndes, 1944; Lowndes, 1941; Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Crithidia deanei euglenozoa kinetoplastea 7.4 45.6 (Gadelha et al., 2007)
Crithidia fasciculata euglenozoa kinetoplastea 11.1 54.3 (Gadelha et al., 2007)
Crithidia (Strigomonas) oncopelti euglenozoa kinetoplastea 8 .1 18.5 (Roberts, 1981; Gittleson et al., 1974)
Crypthecodinium cohnii dflg. dph. n/a 122.8 (Fenchel, 2001)
Dinophysis acuta dflg. dph. 65 500 (Peters, 1929)
Dinophysis ovum dflg. dph. 45 160 (Buskey et al., 1993)
Dunaliella sp. chlph. chlorophyceae 10.8 173.5 (Gittleson et al., 1974; Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Euglena gracilis euglenozoa euglenida (eugl.) 47.5 111.25 (Lee, 1954; Jahn and Bovee, 1967; Gittleson et al., 1974)
Euglena viridis euglenozoa euglenida (eugl.) 58 80 (Holwill, 1975; Roberts, 1981; Lowndes, 1941)
Eutreptiella gymnastica euglenozoa euglenida (aphagea) 23.5 237.5 (Throndsen, 1973)
Eutreptiella sp. R euglenozoa euglenida 50 135 (Throndsen, 1973)
Exuviaella baltica (Prorocentrum balticum) dflg. dph. 15.5 138.9 (Wheeler, 1966)
Giardia lamblia srcm. zoomastigophora 11.25 26 (Lenaghan et al., 2011; Campanati et al., 2002; Chen et al., 2012)
Gonyaulax polyedra dflg. dph. 39.2 254.05 (Hand et al., 1965; Gittleson et al., 1974; Kamykowski et al., 1992)
Gonyaulax polygramma dflg. dph. 46.2 500 (Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987)
Gymnodinium aureolum dflg. dph. n/a 394 (Meunier et al., 2013)
Gymnodinium sanguineum (splendens) dflg. dph. 47.6 220.5 (Kamykowski et al., 1992; Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987)
Gymnodinium simplex dflg. dph. 10.6 559 (Jakobsen et al., 2006)
Gyrodinium aureolum dflg. dph. 30.5 139 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986; Throndsen, 1973)
Gyrodinium dorsum (bi-flagellated) dflg. dph. 37.5 324 (Hand et al., 1965; Gittleson et al., 1974; Kamykowski et al., 1992; Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987Brennen and Winet, 1977)
Gyrodinium dorsum (uni-flagellated) dflg. dph. 34.5 148.35 (Hand and Schmidt, 1975)
Hemidinium nasutum dflg. dph. 27.2 105.6 (Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987; Metzner, 1929)
Hemiselmis simplex cryptophyta crypt. 5.25 325 (Throndsen, 1973)
Heterocapsa pygmea dflg. dph. 13.5 102.35 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Heterocapsa rotundata dflg. dph. 12.5 323 (Jakobsen et al., 2006)
Heterocapsa triquetra dflg. dph. 17 97 (Visser and Kiørboe, 2006)
Heteromastix pyriformis chlph. nephrophyseae 6 87.5 (Throndsen, 1973)
Hymenomonas carterae haptophyta prym. 12.5 87 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Katodinium rotundatum (Heterocapsa rotundata) dflg. dph. 10.8 425 (Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987; Throndsen, 1973)
Leishmania major euglenozoa kinetoplastea 12.5 36.4 (Gadelha et al., 2007)
Menoidium cultellus euglenozoa euglenida (eugl.) 45 136.75 (Holwill, 1975; Votta et al., 1971)
Menoidium incurvum euglenozoa euglenida (eugl.) 25 50 (Lowndes, 1941; Gittleson et al., 1974)
Micromonas pusilla chlph. mamiellophyceae 2 58.5 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986; Throndsen, 1973)
Monas stigmata ochph. (het.) chrys. 6 269 (Gittleson et al., 1974)
Monostroma angicava chlph. ulvophyceae 6.7 170.55 (Togashi et al., 1997)
Nephroselmis pyriformis chlph. nephrophyseae 4.8 163.5 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Oblea rotunda dflg. dph. 20 420 (Buskey et al., 1993)
Ochromonas danica ochph. (het.) chrys. 8.7 77 (Holwill and Peters, 1974)
Ochromonas malhamensis ochph. (het.) chrys. 3 57.5 (Holwill, 1974)
Ochromonas minima ochph. (het.) chrys. 5 75 (Throndsen, 1973)
Olisthodiscus luteus ochph. (het.) raphidophyceae 22.5 90 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986; Throndsen, 1973)
Oxyrrhis marina dflg. oxyrrhea 39.5 300 (Boakes et al., 2011; Fenchel, 2001)
Paragymnodinium shiwhaense dflg. dph. 10.9 571 (Meunier et al., 2013)
Paraphysomonas vestita ochph. (het.) chrys. 14.7 116.85 (Christensen-Dalsgaard and Fenchel, 2004)
Pavlova lutheri haptophyta pavlovophyceae 6.5 126 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Peranema trichophorum euglenozoa euglenida (heteronematales) 45 20 (Lowndes, 1941; Gittleson et al., 1974; Brennen and Winet, 1977)
Peridinium bipes dflg. dph. 42.9 291 (Fenchel, 2001)
Peridinium cf. quinquecorne dflg. dph. 19 1500 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986; Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987; Horstmann, 1980)
Peridinium cinctum dflg. dph. 47.5 120 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986; Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987; Metzner, 1929)
Peridinium (Protoperidinium) claudicans dflg. dph. 77.5 229 (Peters, 1929)
Peridinium (Protoperidinium) crassipes dflg. dph. 102 100 (Peters, 1929)
Peridinium foliaceum dflg. dph. 30.6 185.2 (Kamykowski et al., 1992)
Peridinium (Bysmatrum) gregarium dflg. dph. 32.5 1291.7 (Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987)
Peridinium (Protoperidinium) ovatum dflg. dph. 61 187.5 (Peters, 1929)
Peridinium (Peridiniopsis) penardii dflg. dph. 28.8 417 (Sibley et al., 1974)
Peridinium (Protoperidinium) pentagonum dflg. dph. 92.5 266.5 (Peters, 1929)
Peridinium (Protoperidinium) subinerme dflg. dph. 50 285 (Peters, 1929)
Peridinium trochoideum dflg. dph. 25 53 (Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987)
Peridinium umbonatum dflg. dph. 30 250 (Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987; Metzner, 1929)
Phaeocystis pouchetii haptophyta prym. 6.3 88 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Polytoma uvella chlph. chlorophyceae 22.5 100.9 (Lowndes, 1944; Gittleson et al., 1974; Lowndes, 1941)
Polytomella agilis chlph. chlorophyceae 12.4 150 (Gittleson and Jahn, 1968; Gittleson and Noble, 1973; Gittleson et al., 1974; Roberts, 1981)
Prorocentrum mariae-lebouriae dflg. dph. 14.8 141.05 (Kamykowski et al., 1992; Bauerfeind et al., 1986; Miyasaka et al., 1998)
Prorocentrum micans dflg. dph. 45 329.1 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986; Levandowsky and Kaneta, 1987)
Prorocentrum minimum dflg. dph. 15.1 107.7 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986; Miyasaka et al., 1998)
Prorocentrum redfieldii Bursa (P.triestinum) dflg. dph. 33.2 333.3 (Sournia, 1982)
Protoperidinium depressum dflg. dph. 132 450 (Buskey et al., 1993)
Protoperidinium granii (Ostf.) Balech dflg. dph. 57.5 86.1 (Sournia, 1982)
Protoperidinium pacificum dflg. dph. 54 410 (Buskey et al., 1993)
Prymnesium polylepis haptophyta prym. 9.1 45 (Dölger et al., 2017)
Prymnesium parvum haptophyta prym. 7.2 30 (Dölger et al., 2017)
Pseudopedinella pyriformis ochph. (het.) dict. 6.5 100 (Throndsen, 1973)
Pseudoscourfieldia marina chlph. pyr. 4.1 42 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Pteridomonas danica ochph. (het.) dict. 5.5 179.45 (Christensen-Dalsgaard and Fenchel, 2004)
Pyramimonas amylifera chlph. pyr. 24.5 22.5 (Bauerfeind et al., 1986)
Pyramimonas cf. disomata chlph. pyr. 9 355 (Throndsen, 1973)
Rhabdomonas spiralis euglenozoa euglenida (aphagea) 27 120 (Holwill, 1975)
Rhodomonas salina cryptophyta crypt. 14.5 588.5 (Jakobsen et al., 2006; Meunier et al., 2013)
Scrippsiella trochoidea dflg. dph. 25.3 87.6 (Kamykowski et al., 1992; Bauerfeind et al., 1986; Sournia, 1982)
Spumella sp. ochph. (het.) chrys. 10 25 (Visser and Kiørboe, 2006)
Teleaulax sp. cryptophyta crypt. 13.5 98 (Meunier et al., 2013)
Trypanosoma brucei euglenozoa kinetoplastea 18.8 20.5 (Rodríguez et al., 2009)
Trypanosoma cruzi euglenozoa kinetoplastea 20 172 (Jahn and Fonseca, 1963; Brennen and Winet, 1977)
Trypanosoma vivax euglenozoa kinetoplastea 23.5 29.5 (Bargul et al., 2016)
Trypanosoma evansi euglenozoa kinetoplastea 21.5 16.1 (Bargul et al., 2016)
Trypanosoma congolense euglenozoa kinetoplastea 18 9.7 (Bargul et al., 2016)
Tetraflagellochloris mauritanica chlph. chlorophyceae 4 300 (Barsanti et al., 2016)