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Heliozoea: Desmothoracida

Clathrulina
Cienkowski, 1867 (Page & Siemensma, 1991; Illustrated guide, 2000)

Order: Body in a perforated organic capsule; usually on a stalk; with kinetocysts (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Body fills porous siliceous envelope, a pseudopodium (axopodium) through each pore; on a stalk (How to know the protozoa, 1979). Organic capsule with polygonal pores; cell body near the capsule; colonial or single (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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Clathrulina
C. elegans
capsule 27 μm
Onnenai
Kushiro marsh
Hokkaido, 2005
Clathrulina
C. elegans
capsule 42 μm
Kenashitai
Hakkoda mountain
Aomori, 2005
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans
capsule 38 μm
near suiren-numa
Hakkoda mountain
Aomori, 2006
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans
capsule μm
Shibayachi marsh
Odate
Akita, 2007
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans
capsule 35 μm
Akebono marsh
Tsuchiyu-onsen
Fukushima, 2005
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans ?
capsule 27 μm
Omine-numa
Minakami
Gunma, 2006
Clathrulina
C. elegans
dividing cells
Akigase park
Saitama, 1998
Movies
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans
capsule 42 μm
Imori pond
Myoko highland
Niigata, 2004
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans
cell 22-26 μm
capsule 40-42 μm
Higashi-sano
Hakuba
Nagano, 2004
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans
capsule 41 μm
Tanohara marsh
Shiga highland
Nagano, 2006
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans
capsule μm
Water reservoir
Iiyama
Nagano, 2008
Clathrulina
C. elegans
cell μm
Higashi-hiroshima
Hiroshima, 1998
Movies
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans
capsule 40 μm
near Yamaguchi Univ.
Yamaguchi, 2004
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans
capsule 27 μm
Kashibaru m.4
Karatsu
Saga, 2006
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans
capsule 27 μm
Kashibaru m
Karatsu
Saga, 2008
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans
envelope dev.
cell 28 μm
capsule 40 μm
Japan, 1998
Clathrulina elegans
C. elegans
cell μm
Japan, 1998
Similar genus -->> Hedriocystis;

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Clathrulina
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