Chrysophyceae:
Ochromonadales: Chromulinaceae:
Chrysophyceae:
Chromulinales: Chromulinaceae:
Chromulina sp.
Genus: Body spherical or oval; one or two yellowish-brown chloroplasts
(How to know the protozoa, 1779).
Flagellate often becoming amoeboid or palmelloid; a single external flagellum emerging apically;
second very short flagellum in a pocket detected when examined by electron microscopy;
1 or 2 chloroplasts; eyespot present in some species;
cysts smooth or ornamented; many species with peripheral muciferous bodies;
discobolocysts (a kind of extrusome) in some species;
freshwater or marine (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
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Chromulina sp. ?,
cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=,
x 640, No.4, Ayamedaira, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, October 6, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
No.4, Ayamedaira, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, October 6, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
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