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Chrysophyceae: Ochromonadales: Chromulinaceae:
Chrysophyceae: Chromulinales: Chromulinaceae:

Chromulina pascheri
Hoefeneder

Chromulina pascheri 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: 15-20 μm (How to know the protozoa, 1779).


Chromulina pascheri Hofeneder or Sphaleromantis subsalsa Conrad (Chromulinaceae, Chromulinales, Chrysophyceae) ? , cell body nearly spherical, 21 μm in diam., x 640, Kamitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Chromulina Chromulina Chromulina

Images of collecting locality: Kamitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 29, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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