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

Chromulina rosanoffii
(Woronin) Bütschli

Chromulina glacialis 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: .


Chromulina rosanoffii, cell body 8 μm long, 5 μm wide, cysts flask-shaped, 11 μm in diam., collar 2 μm long, x 640, Akigase Park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 2002 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Lorica (or test) formation
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