Codosiga botrytis
or Codonosiga botrytis (Ehrenberg) Kent
Syn.: Epistylis botrytis Ehrenberg
Genus: Individuals clustered at end of a simple or branching stalk; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Cells lacks periplast; collar well developed surrounding a single anterior flagellum;
2 or more posterior contractile vacuoles (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Cell body 8-30 μm long,
cysts with thick wall (Starmach, 1985).
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Codosiga botrytis,
cell body 13 μm long, 8 μm wide, L/W=, stalk about 80 μm long,
x 200, x 400, x 640, Shiba river, near Owada Park, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, April 3, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Codosiga botrytis (Ehrenberg) Kent:
Cell body 8-30 μm long,
cysts with thick wall (Starmach, 1985).
Codosiga botrytis (Ehrenberg) Kent
var. globulosa (Kent) Francé (Syn: Monosiga globulosa Kent):
Cell body botryoidal (shaped like a bunch of grapes), 6-7 μm in diam.
(Starmach, 1985).
Codosiga botrytis (Ehrenberg) Kent
var. pyriformis (Kent) Francé (Syn: Codonosiga pyriformis Kent):
Cell body 6-25 μm long (Starmach, 1985).
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