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Colpodea: Bursariomorphida: Bursariidae

Bursaria ovata
Beer, 1952

Bursaria Order: Polykinetids on both left and right oral walls; mouth apical; oral cavity like a large pouch; carnivorous (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Family: = Order
Genus: = Order

Species: Adoral zone of orgenelles U-shaped; extocyst and endcyst of resting cyst not united by bridges (Foissner, 1993).


Bursaria ovata ?, resting cysts, μm in diam., x 100, x 200, x 400, x 640, Manzaki, Narita city, Chiba Pref., Japan, October 2000, by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Ectocyst and endocyst are united by bridges ?
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Resting cyst slightly flattened by coverglass, emergence pore visualized
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Ruptured cyst, macronulceus
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